If this really happens, I'll KILL MYSELF!
Easy there, you're of no use to Microsoft if you're dead...
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Microsoft's Bing to Replace Google As Default Search Engine on iPhone?
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Easy there, you're of no use to Microsoft if you're dead...
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_1_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/528.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile/7D11 Safari/528.16)
While the bing search engine's results aren't quite as good, I'd love to have bing maps. The directions are better and the maps more up to date. Also, it seems to run just a bit faster.
While the bing search engine's results aren't quite as good, I'd love to have bing maps. The directions are better and the maps more up to date. Also, it seems to run just a bit faster.
Bleah....
I tried Microsoft Bing for a little while, and quickly went back to Google.... Bing just wasn't finding enough hits for technical queries I was doing, trying to research I.T. problems and such. It feels more "generic home user" oriented, like it could find celebrity gossip news and sports score updates just fine, or that review of a new movie release you want to read about .... but not so much FCC ID#s of specific motherboards to find obscure drivers for them.
I could see Apple preferring to use them, though, since Microsoft does still sell products like Office for Mac, as well as releasing free OS X software like the Remote Desktop Connector. They have an entire "Mac Business Unit" inside Microsoft. While Google ALSO releases OS X versions of a lot of their stuff, it often feels redundant (like Picassa, which is more a "competitor" to Apple iPhoto than anything else), or is second-rate (like their Chrome browser, which wasn't even out in a Mac version for months after the Windows version was released).
I tried Microsoft Bing for a little while, and quickly went back to Google.... Bing just wasn't finding enough hits for technical queries I was doing, trying to research I.T. problems and such. It feels more "generic home user" oriented, like it could find celebrity gossip news and sports score updates just fine, or that review of a new movie release you want to read about .... but not so much FCC ID#s of specific motherboards to find obscure drivers for them.
I could see Apple preferring to use them, though, since Microsoft does still sell products like Office for Mac, as well as releasing free OS X software like the Remote Desktop Connector. They have an entire "Mac Business Unit" inside Microsoft. While Google ALSO releases OS X versions of a lot of their stuff, it often feels redundant (like Picassa, which is more a "competitor" to Apple iPhoto than anything else), or is second-rate (like their Chrome browser, which wasn't even out in a Mac version for months after the Windows version was released).
People, seriously. Read the article.
They aren't taking Google away. They're just making Bing the default browser. All you would have to do is go to Settings>Safari, and then change it back to Google. No one said anything about completely removing Google. Right now, you can change your browser to Yahoo! if you wanted to.
And why does Bing suck so much? Have you even tried it? It worked quite well for me.....
They aren't taking Google away. They're just making Bing the default browser. All you would have to do is go to Settings>Safari, and then change it back to Google. No one said anything about completely removing Google. Right now, you can change your browser to Yahoo! if you wanted to.
And why does Bing suck so much? Have you even tried it? It worked quite well for me.....
Good. Google needs to be knocked down a peg or two, their execs' clouds of arrogance fill up a room like old farts.
don't do it
Apple and Google seemingly need to pull their respective heads out. M$ is still the real enemy; and so what if both Apple and Google have products/services in the same space? They can, and should support each-other. Whatever fall-out you guys had, get over it!
I like Google search, maps, mail, and other services. I am not about to give them up. If Apple drops Google services from iPhone, I will be dropping my iPhone and buying an Android phone (which are finally good enough to replace an iPhone).
I'm also still torked that Apple hasn't approved the Google Voice app. Knock that chip off your shoulder Apple, and do the right thing. Wussies.
Apple and Google seemingly need to pull their respective heads out. M$ is still the real enemy; and so what if both Apple and Google have products/services in the same space? They can, and should support each-other. Whatever fall-out you guys had, get over it!
I like Google search, maps, mail, and other services. I am not about to give them up. If Apple drops Google services from iPhone, I will be dropping my iPhone and buying an Android phone (which are finally good enough to replace an iPhone).
I'm also still torked that Apple hasn't approved the Google Voice app. Knock that chip off your shoulder Apple, and do the right thing. Wussies.
It wasn't the money.
It was Internet Explorer and Office.
Sorry, but it's true: MS saved Apple's bacon and kept the ship from sinking, which bought Jobs the time he needed to get the company back on track.
Revisionist historian fanboy tears of MS hate be damned.
Seriously. When I'm reading things like "MS is the devil", I can only hope these people are still in their teens and will grow up eventually. Fanboys really deserve their title, I guess.
As for the story; as long as Apple continues to offer the choice to use Google instead, I'm fine with it. Bing is a pretty decent search engine, but I dislike their interface. Just give me something clean and tidy, like Google.
As for the story; as long as Apple continues to offer the choice to use Google instead, I'm fine with it. Bing is a pretty decent search engine, but I dislike their interface. Just give me something clean and tidy, like Google.
You are probably right. It's obvious Microsoft is a has-been. Yes, they still sit like a fat king atop their OS monopoly, but the technology world is moving on without them. They're clearly on the downhill leg of their journey.
I think Microsoft's power over the tech world is largely over. That said, I'd prefer Apple and Google kick them some more before starting to punch each other.
It wasn't the money, and this is the silly argument most of us have a real problem with.
Yes, Office was critical to Apple's survival, but could Microsoft really kill a profitable product (Mac Office) only to destroy a competitor in the OS space without antitrust legal ramifications that would have made their IE bundling issue look like child's play? I seriously doubt it.
looks to be that apple cares less about what users want and just does what ever they figure gets them more money. this is going to suck big time.
um...that's pretty much what they are REQUIRED to do, by law! they have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders to maximize profit. why do ppl seem to think that a company, any company, should "care about their customers" for any reason other than profit?
Don't ever attribute corporate actions to any motive other than profit! Donations to charity? - there is a business case that demonstrates that the return on the "investment" will be increased sales due to customer goodwill generated by the publicity. They don't do it because they "care". Same for "giving users what they want" - if the business case says that changing to Bing from Google will net more money in the long run than any short term losses from unhappy users - then they will go to Bing.
I am a huge fan of Apple products and I prefer Google over Bing, but u have to be realistic about how these decisions are made.
Something like 70% of all internet searches are through Google. The general population knows about Bing. They've tried it. They realized Google is still better. Bing is an inferior search tool compared to Google.
I have both the Google and Bing Apps on my phone, and the Google App, by far, returns back better search results, both general and local.
NO!
I was going to write far more than that, but I don't think it's necessary!
Apple, please listen to your users on this one.
Who?
You want Apple to listen to these reactionary fanboys that don't even understand what "default browser" means?
This would be a serious mistake for Apple. First off google and Apple need to work out their differences, its unfortunate that Google has a phone and platform now which means they don't want Apple using their own services. Google on the Iphone as products (maps, search, and other) need to stay.
BING is absolute ****! microsoft has done nothing to better the search engine and typically are not innovators but followers, google and apple set standards, microsoft follows.. this isnt good for apple if they have to ditch google..
BING is absolute ****! microsoft has done nothing to better the search engine and typically are not innovators but followers, google and apple set standards, microsoft follows.. this isnt good for apple if they have to ditch google..
Why is Bing absolute ****? Please provide reasons.
I've just performed half a dozen comparison searches with Google and Bing, and both provided me with similar, if not the same, results.
Anyone?
