Apple, Google extend deal for iOS

Yep redcard, highly prejudiced. Bing is the only MS presence in our household. Even my wife's Dell netbook is running Ubuntu and not you-know-what.

And Dino, you could be right, perhaps, perhaps not. But there is no "perhaps" on the Google front. And for my needs, I prefer Bing anyway. Might be different for others with other needs. All I said, in response to the Google default/Bing option article, was give Bing a try.

So... when are we getting the Google Maps update for the iPhone? Y'know, to bring us at least up to date with what Android users get (turn by turn directions)?

More interesting to me is the last bit of Schmidt's quote: "But Android was around earlier than iPhone."

Google has been rather pedantic about this point recently. Yes, technically Android existed back in 2005 when the original company was purchased by Google. But it was not announced as a product until November 2007, well after the first iPhone came out, and the first version of Android was not publicly released until October 2008.

So if Google thinks that Android pre-dates iPhone because it was in development in 2005, then who's to say iPhone wasn't in development even before that?

I am not sure how I feel about this. As a reflex reaction against google knowing everything about me, I am using Bing as the default on my iOS devices.

But it is taking some getting used to. The map integration isn't great (clicking on map link opens up a web map, not the map app). And the results seem overly filtered.

I am afraid my Bing experiment might not last much longer, particularly if the map integration isn't improved.

If you haven't already done so, set aside any MS prejudices you may have and give Bing a go. It is an excellent search engine. And, since I mentioned "prejudice" above, it keeps you out of the Google data stealing empire.