Microsoft has announced that Bing will be the default search and maps provider from RIM’s Blackberry and Playbook devices. Internet Explorer 10 will also be coming to mobile, and will probably be the default browser for RIM devices as well.
“We’re going to invest uniquely into the BlackBerry platform,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “Bing will become the default search provider in the browser and maps [on BlackBerry devices.]
“Central to this collaboration, Blackberry devices will use Bing as the preferred search provider in the browser, and Bing will be the default search and map application for new devices presented to mobile operators, both in the United States and internationally,” wrote Bing director Matt Dahlin. “Also, effective today Bing will be the preferred search and maps applications with regular, featured placement and promotion in the BlackBerry App World carousel.”
Source: The Register
