Bing 1.1 for iPhone: Nice But Sluggish (especially maps)
There’s persistent rumors that Microsoft’s Bing will become the iPhone’s default search engine. This has already happened for certain Android models (including AT&T’s first Android-based phone). So, there may be some merit to this rumor. So, I’m paying attention to Bing for iPhone a bit more than I might normally. Microsoft announced a 1.1 update for it last week:
new bing app for iphone is here!
This update brings:
– Bookmarks
– Copy/paste URLs (which, ironically will not be available in Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 7)
– Parental controls
– Search history & private search
– Explicity location setting
– Autosuggests contacts in Address book when entering start and end locations
– Support for 1st generation iPod touch
While the app looks nice and integrates search and maps in a reasonable fashin, it seems extremely slow to me.
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