Bing mobile search works great on webOS (video) 35
It's been awhile since I've used Bing mobile search, primarily because of Google's integration into universal search. I fired Bing up earlier today after that long hiatus, and I have to say that I'm rather impressed with what Microsoft has done with the mobile implementation of its search engine.
It's clear that it isn't yet 100% optimized for webOS as the on-screen navigation buttons can sometimes obscure navigation links and the maps portion is somewhat broken, but there's still a lot to like. I enjoy the simpler results page in Bing - Google's has become rather bloated in my opinion, and I find myself rarely using most of the stuff they've added over the last few months - and I enjoy what I feel is a superior image search implementation, and the Local, Movies, and Weather sections all seem to be on par with Google's offering. I dig Bing, but I'm not 100% sure if I'm ready to make the switch. Yet.
Speaking of making the switch, adding Bing to Universal Search can be a bit of a challenge unless you're a Verizon Pre or Pixi user, in which case you got the ability to change your default search provider back when 1.4.1 hit. The rest of us have to add providers to Universal Search by way of Homebrew and patching (the patch enabling you to configure search providers in Universal Search is easily found in Preware).
Catch the video of Bing action after the break.
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My 17 year old daughter said that Bing is for nerds! I can't use it any more!
yeah she doesn't know shit
I'm a regular Bing user and love it. I'd like to use it on my Sprint Pre but I don't have that option through Universal Search or the browser bar. What the heck Palm, I thought you were proponants of choice?
you need to get Preware. You will be impressed.
Time for you to learn how to homebrew!
Yep. Preware is a MUST with WebOS. I'm hoping it comes installed on future devices :)
Yeah, right...
What is the url for Bing mobile search?
bing.com....it should direct you to the mobile version.
Looks pretty FLASHy
Why doesn't mine look anything like that? Where did the background image come from?
From them, I guess. Right now it's a picture of the Sun for me.
Do you need the iPhone spoof agent installed? Mine is a really basic Bing search at the moment, doesn't look like the video.
Nope, no spoof here. I just type in bing.com in universal search. But the url I end up on is http://m.bing.com/?mid=10006
Maybe because I'm in Canada. I dunno. Ah well. Back to Google.
Eeehhhh, there's a reason why everyone was throwing bricks when Google's mobile search went fubar for a week. I actually find the Google search to be more simple and less cluttered than Bing (here's a hint, one of these mobile search engine shows an ad as the top result and one does not...). Google's image search looks quite better, the black background is excellent and I like the quick options to viewing the cached version of a webpage in case it's currently borked. The way the Bing font renders on webOS is very tiny and the light blue does not provide enough contrast. But to each their own, I'd certainly hate to have to switch because Sprint inked a deal with Bing or Google screwed up the Pre mobile search for the last time.
Definitely sexier than that plain Google page.
I've used bing by mistake a few times at work and I never seem to find what I'm looking for with Bing unless it's painfully easy (i.e. I probably shouldn't even be using a search engine for it). Google is so far superior to Bing, that if Bing became the default SE for the Pre and I couldn't switch it back, I'd consider changing phones.
Using Bing feeds the Microsoft monopoly.
I avoid doing anything that benefits Microsoft.
What about Google?
I agree with GrantHeppes
Seems to me M$ ( I am sure that is how you normally write it) is playing a hell of a lot of catch up in comparison to Google and Apple lately.
I really don't care that they are getting money in fact I support options and as M$ is playing catch up - why not help them get back in the game.
there's a patch that removes twitter and adds yahho/msn to universal search
try touch.bing.com for those of you that are not getting the correct bing site. Another reason to look into preware (Bing as part of universal search) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4100/4787502055_5fd37c2189.jpg
Bing > Google
you can always use the bing search app as well it has maps and everything and instead of typing in universal search google , just start typing bing and it works great as well
I prefer bing and have it enabled in universal search (with twitter removed) via patch. Little off topic but IMO on desktop, bing maps > google maps. Birdseye view is better than the google implementation
Bing and Yahoo! are in 1.4.5, BUT they aren't in the UI, or configurable as the default. I manually enabled them in the UI with 1 line of code. (I'll need to make a patch for it.)
Palm already made the images for them in Universal Search :)
http://twitpic.com/22tq8q
Love choices and Homebrew provides it:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-TNXOjG-9CH0CQGKt6AIcQ?feat=directlink
Bing... ewwwe.
MS hasn't been able to get squat right for years... no way can they pull off a search engine that I would consider using.
I like Google's simplicity but it has powerful options IMO.
Now i've got a stupid grey icon on my launcher that says Bing that I can't figure out how to remove. HELP!
Never mind....found the answer in the Forum and it's gone.
I wish Bing would provide a "Set image as wallpaper" option. That image of the sun yesterday was really cool.
Im not seeing the images at m.bing.com, ugly...
I was under the impression this was an application. The format is what I was expecting the WebOS applications to be. With the icons on the left opening in a live flash format. That kind of what we would like to see. The current platform of most applications are much too basic.