The Vehicle Diagnostics by Delphi will be available online and in Verizon Wireless stores in the coming weeks.

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Dr Angus Nicholl, director of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, told BBC News Online there were some concerns that NHS laboratories had previously focussed on diagnostics rather than surveillance.

BBC: Infectious diseases warning

Users will similarly find a new lock screen and the Verizon Remote Diagnostics tools, along with a file manager that now supports online storage.

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