Bing to Be Default Search, Maps for BlackBerrys

[JMcEntegart]

With a name like ‘BlackBerry World,’ you’d be forgiven for thinking the event is all about RIM and the various different bits of BlackBerry software the company has been working on...

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[TheWhiteRose000]

All the more reason to not buy a blackberry.

 

[eddieroolz]

Well, that's great. Bing is just as capable as Google is, especially for English results.

I hope they work on improving results for non-English languages, however.

 

[Guest]

BB is going down the drain.

 

[tulx]

Bing earch is just as good Google. Bing Maps are better than Google's. I mean the "map" part, not the satelllite (Google has higher res). Also, the address search seems not as good in Bing.

 

[virtualban]

As long as people get a choice to later install their favourite provider of maps or search, I am fine with anything that comes by default. Each company will "buy" their way to the default of something, be that a toolbar installed on a computer along with a program, a home page, etc.

 

[DjEaZy]

... no wonder...

 

[macewrox]

Bing is freaking terrible, there are plenty of times when I search on bing, come up with nothing, go to google and get my answer within the first couple links. Bing is just Microsoft's way of expanding into the internet.

 

[mcd023]

I'm just curious, but how exactly do google and microsoft get money from map service and search engines? who pays for what?

 

[macewrox]

[citation][nom]mcd023[/nom]I'm just curious, but how exactly do google and microsoft get money from map service and search engines? who pays for what?[/citation]

Ads, and companies who pay specific amounts of money can get their pages higher in the search results.

 

[maestintaolius]

Uh, they did this a while ago (like a year ago) via a live update on my Tour, although verizon maps was the default map app. Of course, all I had to do was change the default search and it wasn't exactly hard to download/install google maps off of google's site. You're not locked into any app store with BB.

 

[_Cubase_]

[citation][nom]macewrox[/nom]Bing is just Microsoft's way of expanding into the internet.[/citation]

Dude, the internet is already Microsoft's business, they make a browser, remember?

Hey, I also heard Microsoft is looking into computers too.