Comments on: Microsoft Bing’ing it’s Way Onto iPhone? Yahoo Enters 10-Year Search Deal

By: Eddy A

Eddy A — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:25:24 +0000

I’ve been switching from google to bing on my desktop.. it just works so well with so many functional features. I recently installed the bing app on my girlfriend’s WM phone and let me say: it may not be as pretty as the google app on the iphone, but it’s 10 times better in terms of function. I really really really want a bing app for my iphone. M$ has a win on their hands with bing.

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:10:47 +0000

Bing on iPhone doesn’t have location service like google… They are still my favorite

By: Anagram4wander

Anagram4wander — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:06:18 +0000

With you @idutch – it really needs that feature…

By: iDutch

iDutch — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:17:13 +0000

Bing’s cool, but they still need to add more stuff, an example is it doesn’t correct your search yet, so if you type statoin it doesn’t suggest you search for station (which is the right word.

By: SheiknetChris

SheiknetChris — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:02:27 +0000

By the way, those are the only feedback points I know of. If anybody else knows of another address it would be helpful.

By: SheiknetChris

SheiknetChris — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:57:51 +0000

@ Truth:

Please let Apple (if you are a concerned customer, that is–I know I do) that they are being boneheads as well. (I submitted GV gripes at both feedback spots)

Rene is a blog guy, but his bone-headedness alone isn’t enough to change App and App Store policy. Seems a little kooky to just beat up Rene

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:32:59 +0000

Aside from the implications from this article, I just reall really appreciate the Lost shout-out. Haha

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:17:23 +0000

@Rene Ritchie

You missed a great opportunity yesterday to speak about the implications of Apple removing the Google Voice App from their store. It kind of makes you wonder what the app store and the iphone for that matter could have been had they not crippled it.

By: Sting7k

Sting7k — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:07:21 +0000

Sorry don’t watch Lost, I’m a Jack Bauer guy. I mostly enjoy the pretty pictures on the bing site, plain white with some crazy fonts from time to time gets boring.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:56 +0000

We don’t think Microsoft or any company are evil. We do think, and enjoy, that they all give us the chance to laugh from time to time. With them, at them, and in their general directions…

By: Alvin

Alvin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:34:45 +0000

One more search engine for iPhone Safari. I still prefer Google as my default search engine.

The iPhone Blogging

By: pear

pear — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:23:18 +0000

Apple sucks and apple fun boys are all gays

By: SheiknetChris

SheiknetChris — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:17:27 +0000

@ Anagram4wander

True that! I constantly urge users to remind Apple how insane they have been acting.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Good places to start.

By: Anagram4wander

Anagram4wander — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:59:54 +0000

Good grief, can't you guys lighten up.. Microsoft is not perfect:- it's also not evil either... For example, if they wanted to kill osx all they needed to do was to withhold office from that platform..

I love apple, and the iPhone - but hate to break it to you:- apple is not perfect either.

By: mr. gram

mr. gram — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:57:33 +0000

I think you meant “two” not “too” in the following sentence: “Currently the iPhone offers too search options via Settings > Safari: Google and Yahoo. Will Apple be switching that to Google and Bing?”

By: Steve F

Steve F — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:50:04 +0000

Lighten up, folks. That was just a line from the scene in Lost spoofed above (except Jacob’s nemesis didn’t say “Microsoft” before those words).

By: sting7k

sting7k — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:47:44 +0000

It should be a1by, but from what I hear Microsoft is evil or something bent on world domination.

By: a1by

a1by — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:36:12 +0000

No need to bash Microsoft, Bing is a solid decision engine and if it works on iPhone isn’t that worth celebrating?

By: Steve F

Steve F — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:12:20 +0000

Microsoft: They come. They fight. They destroy. They corrupt. It always ends the same.

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:51:03 +0000

Naw they'll probably reject it and then sooner or later remove Google as the default search engine as they begin rolling out their "Spotlight" search engine. Then they'll probably want to reject every app in the store that isn't a fart app.

Then the Iphone will blow up and create a singularity which will destroy our universe.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:40:33 +0000

You can get Bing on your iPhone right now. Microsoft didn't waste any time making an iPhone formatted bing site. Even throwing in a custom icon if you add a link to your home page for it.

On a side note I wish Apple would let you add any search engine you wanted to Safari (mobile and desktop) like every other browser lets me do.