Help Android Market Downloads Stuck

[Proton84]

I have a brand-new HTC Desire in front of me, and cannot get a couple of functions to work properly (yet), as for instance the facebook and mail widgets. I figured out that it would be a good start to get the newest versions of all those applications and widgets that make trouble, but when I try downloading anything using Android Market, the downloads get stuck at "Starting download...", apparently indefinitely. I have seen that others had this problem too, but I could not find a solution yet. Thank you very much in advance for any help!

 

[Proton84]

I decided to give a call to my network operator Vodafone, and voil