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Bing! BlackBerry to add Microsoft's search engine to its OS for search and maps

By Alan Friedman

Published: May 03, 2011, 10:33 AM

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Microsoft and RIM have reached an agreement for the Bing search engine to be placed right onto the BlackBerry OS instead of making it available as an app to be downloaded on the phone. Bing will become the default search engine and map provider for all BlackBerry devices and will bring voice and location based search to 'Berry handsets.

With all of this news about Bing being added directly to the BlackBerry OS, and with RIM already having introduced the latest BlackBerry 7 OS, it suggests that we should see another OS build for BlackBerry before the end of the year. Just maybe it means that the hoped for QNX based OS for BlackBerry handsets will be launched before the last page of the 2011 calendar is turned.

source: Engadget

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Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.

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