Now that Microsoft has updated their mobile version of Bing, it would appear that Verizon is pushing this version of Bing onto the BlackBerry Storm.

Unfortunately, a recent report complained that this BlackBerry version of Bing was “slow and unresponsive”. This is one of several apps being “pushed” onto the Storm which includes YouTube, VZW Tones, V Cast Video, and a Verizon version of Slacker Radio. Perhaps BlackBerry users can learn to warm up to Bing.

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Tags: Bing, Bing mobile, BlackBerry, Blackberry Storm, Cell Phones, Research In Motion, Verizon, Verizon

Today Microsoft has updated the mobile version of their search engine also known as Bing. The new features can be divided into 3 points:

- Bing mobile now supports touch phones like the HTC Imagio, iPhone, and Samsung Omnia. Fow now, the owners of these cellphones will be able to have access to a customized version of Bing, and in the upcoming months they’ll add more touch phones to the support list;
- a new NFL score search tool - just type the name of a player or team and get up to date stats;
- a flight status tool - just type flight number and airline to receive the latest info;

Tags: Bing, microsoft, Mobile Software, mobile version

Today was a good day for Bing because the Microsoft search engine and Samsung have reached a deal, in which the Windows Mobile 6.5 will be featured on the Intrepid phone, via the voice-powered search.

In other words, users can simply press the “TellMe” button and speak whatever they want to search. Thanks to the technology used by Bing, your words are translated and the results are displayed on the device. At this time we don’t know if this application will be used in other devices besides Intrepid, but we certainly hope so because it is much easier to press a button and talk, than to press 20 keys to have the same result.

Tags: Bing, microsoft, Mobile Software, Samsung, Windows Mobile

What nobody believed possible anymore seems to have happened. Microsoft and Yahoo have signed a search partnership today. That means Microsoft has gotten a 10-year license to use Yahoo’s search technologies and integrate Yahoo in its own search engine, Bing. And Yahoo will get to play with advertising for both parties involved since it will be the “exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies’ premium search advertisers”. We’ll have to wait and see what this means for the mobile business since the deal is subject to regulatory review which will be completed by early 2010. What do you think Google has to say about this Yahoo and Microsoft affair?

via Microsoft

Tags: Bing, Google, Google, microsoft, microsoft, Mobile News, Other Brands, Search, yahoo

Have you seen the last Palm Pre ad? Well just play the video above. “Go With The Flow” is the name of this simple ad campaign and it will not surprise you with anything. The Pre is a very dependable device but the ad doesn’t really let you see all that magic. Would you buy the Pre after viewing just that single ad? That’s of course assuming that you haven’t heard about the phone so far! The commercial is following that first Palm Pre ad, entitled “Flow”, which was more alive and definitely meant to make an impression. “Go With The Flow” will not be the kind of commercial you talk about with your friends. Nothing really happens in it.

On a different note, it looks like Palm wants to indirectly promote Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing. Is that the purpose of this ad? Will Google or Apple react in any way?

via PreCentral

Tags: Ad, Apple, Apple, Bing, Commercial, Google, Google, microsoft, microsoft, Palm, Palm, pre

If you’re asking yourself what a Bing is then go ahead and Google it right now. If you know what Bing is then you’re laughing your ass off right now. I guess you did some laughing a while ago when you heard Microsoft was prolonging the life of its kinda-successful Windows XP didn’t you? But to hear that Microsoft is willing to offer a 35% off the new iPhone 3G S program is more than hilarious.

Microsoft will offer let you take advantage of it’s Cashback Program only through the new Bing search engine. What do you have to know? Well first of all you have to qualify for an iPhone 3G S upgrade and then follow the steps below:

New AT&T customers:

1. Visit ATT Wireless website and validate your email address with Premier.
2. Check your email and click the link to your ATT Premier Store.
3. Open a new tab with the same browser that your ATT Premier Store is open in.
4. Go to bing.com in the new tab and search “att wireless”
5. Click the 35% CashBack Sponsored Link
6. Sign into your CashBack account and get redirected to the main AT&T Wireless page.
7. In the top right enter the term “Premier” into the search bar.
8. Click the first link that reads “at&t premier login”
9. You will get directed to the same Premier store you have open in the original tab.
10. Congratulations, you are in the Premier store under the CashBack AT&T Site

Existing Customers:

1. Go to bing.com
2. Search “ATT WIRELESS”
3. Click the AT&T sponsored link, you will redirected (after you enter your email) to either the regular AT&T store or the Premier store depending on which account you have
4. Log in to your account and make your purchase.
5. The cashback will show up as “pending” after a couple of hours.
6. If it takes more than 48 hours for the cashback to show up, contact bing’s customer service then you will asked for your order number, method of payment ( I attached my whole purchase order to the email): You cash will show up within hours

What will you do?

via Slick Deals

So far, there hasn’t been any confirmation that this actually works, so if you try it, make sure to let us know how it worked out&.

Tags: Apple, Apple, At&T, Bing, Cashback, deal, iPhone 3G S, microsoft, Mobile News, Portable Devices

Microsoft has been known for some colorful TV advertisements, especially those garnered towards Vista, but I think they are really onto something with the above Bing ad.

Recently released to, obviously, market their revamped and re-engineered search engine, Bing’s first TV ad focuses on taking all of the fuss and confusion (I didn’t know there way any?) out of using an online search engine.

They are obviously targeting Google with their whole “no more search overload” slogan so let’s see how this ad has an impact on which search engine users decide to use.

Tags: advertisement, Bing, competition, competitor, Google, microsoft, microsoft, online, search engine, television

It was only a few days ago that Microsoft launched their Google competitor, Bing, and now already they are diving headfirst into the mobile game.

Microsoft recently announced that they have launched Bing’s mobile version at m.bing.com. Now, I have to say, while it’s no Google, Bing’s mobile page loads very fast and looks just as nice using the iPhone’s web browser.

There’s no telling now if Bing will stand a chance against Google but even in the early stages Microsoft is doing a good job so we’ll have to see how this one unfolds.

Tags: Bing, Cell Phones, competitor, Google, microsoft, Mobile News, mobile web, online, search engine, software

Remember Microsoft’s answer to Google entitled Bing that we told you about last week? You know the one they invested over $80 million into? Yeah, that one.

Microsoft has recently released a press statement detailing the search engine’s launch which you can check out over at www.bing.com.

The verdict? Well, it certainly looks a bit different than Google but functions virtually the same way. Maybe it will catch on, but probably not.

Tags: Bing, competition, Google, press statement, search engine, software

Microsoft has been craving for a piece of the search business for quite a while now. It tried and failed a number of times to purchase Yahoo and since that deal never took off Microsoft decided to create its own search engine from scratch. That’s how Bing came to life.

Microsoft’s Bing will fight against Google for search dominance. Microsoft will invest an impressive $80 million in advertising the new search engine. Will Microsoft succeed? Will we bing stuff instead of simply googling it? Will Apple even show up in Bing searches?

via advertising age

Tags: Bing, Google, Google, microsoft, microsoft, Search