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Apple Removes 'Google' Branding from iPhone 4 Safari

ShiftyPig said:
Just wait until Google pulls its support for Maps on iPhone. We'll see how much Apple is laughing when the only map solution is an expensive, third-party app.
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Someone seems to be forgetting that Apple already bought out a mapping company. If Google pulled support, which they wont, Apple would just replace it with their own system.

Google Maps is open to anyone to develop for, Maps on the iPhone is written by Apple, not Google, it just ties into the Google API's. I would bet hell will freeze over before Google blocks the iPhone OS from accessing its systems.
 
Yes, but what that picture doesn't show is that Safari now shows you a list of "Google Suggestions" as you're typing in search terms, right underneath that.

Come on, this isn't a big deal.

edit: And actually, if you don't have anything typed in, it says "Google" right IN the search bar.

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If the iPhone on the left running v4 is in "Airplane Mode" its radios are all disabled. So the iPhone (emulator) believes there is no internet access and it is now impossible to "Google" something anyway.

Did iLounge verify it wasn't displaying a plain "search" button because it lacks the ability to connect to Google?

See, this is what separates experiments done right from those whose results should be ignored -- matching test conditions.
 
ShiftyPig said:
Just wait until Google pulls its support for Maps on iPhone. We'll see how much Apple is laughing when the only map solution is an expensive, third-party app.
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Apple DID buy a mapping company of some sort. I don't know if their product can compete with Google maps, but you can bet your bottom dollar that, if Apple really wanted to replace Google Maps, they would already have something better in the wings. What will happen remains to be seen, but I'm sure we won't be disappointed.
 
As much I try to use less of Google's services, for search, Google is still way better than Bing. Just try it on your desktop, and switch to Bing if you have Firefox, and see how long you'll last. Google's results are just better, plain and simply, despite whatever MS tried to convince you about their "decision engine."
 
You're making news... not reporting it.

There's a (big) chance here that you're looking for ways that Apple may be attacking Google and reading things into it.

Look - UIKeyboard is used all over the place. One of the UIKeyboards is search, why would Apple continue to maintain a second UIKeyboard that had "Google" - when the word "search" was just as descriptive?

Apple is known for making things as simple and uniform as possible throughout the entire UI. It only makes sense to have a common action key for search - be it on the internet or local.
 
Hopefully it's not a Google vs. Apple thing and just a UI clarification, as others are saying. The idea of Google vs. Apple bums me out.

If Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt are having coffee together, things can't be all that bad.
 
I don't think there is any issues between Google and Apple. It is just to throw off investigators.

Plus, apple thrives by having a common enemy ( be it MS or Adobe or made up enemy Google) and have its own fan base to raise against common enemy. And google is also benefitted from this, google is playing by apple's rule book by making their own fan base.
 
pika2000 said:
As much I try to use less of Google's services, for search, Google is still way better than Bing. Just try it on your desktop, and switch to Bing if you have Firefox, and see how long you'll last. Google's results are just better, plain and simply, despite whatever MS tried to convince you about their "decision engine."
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Funny thing. Make Yahoo your default search engine and search for "music" then switch the default to Google and do the same search and see what you get.

The first result in both searches is Yahoo Music.

Google search is over-hyped.

And when you change the default to Yahoo it shows Yahoo suggestions also.
 
pika2000 said:
As much I try to use less of Google's services, for search, Google is still way better than Bing. Just try it on your desktop, and switch to Bing if you have Firefox, and see how long you'll last. Google's results are just better, plain and simply, despite whatever MS tried to convince you about their "decision engine."
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We've done much better than "switch to Bing if you have Firefox". I have added this redirect at the beginning of the "host" file in all 7 Macs in our house:

64.4.8.147 www.google.com

This sends any queries meant for google.com to the bing website. Now in Safari when you use the search bar it sends the search to bing instead of Google. Since Apple refuses to allow choice in search bar in Safari this works very well.

So I guess what I am saying is that my whole family has switched to bing and we love it, we don't miss Google at all!

The neat part is when friends and extended family ask how I did that and will I set their computer to go to bing. hehe Usually after my privacy rant about Google :)
 
Peace said:
Funny thing. Make Yahoo your default search engine and search for "music" then switch the default to Google and do the same search and see what you get.

The first result in both searches is Yahoo Music.

Google search is over-hyped.
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So, your example is just based on 1 generic search term. I actually have been using bing for a month. Try doing search about off-beat things or non-English sites. Bing won't go outside English only sites as well as Google. Sometimes I have to force bing to search specifically for non-english sites, while google gets the site that I wanted by default on the first page. If you actually look at how their bots work, google bots are digging more and deeper than others.

I do want to stay away from google, but I can't argue about search, google still gives me the better result.
 
pika2000 said:
So, your example is just based on 1 generic search term. I actually have been using bing for a month. Try doing search about off-beat things or non-English sites. Bing won't go outside English only sites as well as Google. Sometimes I have to force bing to search specifically for non-english sites, while google gets the site that I wanted by default on the first page. If you actually look at how their bots work, google bots are digging more and deeper than others.
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I Don't think I mentioned Bing. ;)
 
miniboss1232 said:
*SNIP*
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*brain asplosion*

Yahoo! in the Titlebar, Google in the empty search box, and Search on the button. Halp!

Anyways, this answers my question. Is it still "Google" when you are on a webpage, or now Search? Same with when the Google/Search (don't know what to call it anymore!!) field is empty. I am guessing that the only change is the button on the keyboard.
 
No to Bing

I am starting a movement against putting Microsoft Bing as the default search engine on the iPhone. After all the years of pathetic business practices and questionable ethics, screw Microsoft.:eek:

If Apple makes such a dumbass move handing a torch to their arch nemesis, I will be switching mine back to Google on the spot.

Follow my lead!

Machead33:rolleyes:
 
SeaFox said:
If the iPhone on the left running v4 is in "Airplane Mode" its radios are all disabled. So the iPhone (emulator) believes there is no internet access and it is now impossible to "Google" something anyway.

Did iLounge verify it wasn't displaying a plain "search" button because it lacks the ability to connect to Google?

See, this is what separates experiments done right from those whose results should be ignored -- matching test conditions.
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That makes zero sense. The safari app can't search anywhere, except the Internet.
 
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