{"id":414715,"date":"2010-03-11T03:01:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/?p=14190"},"modified":"2010-03-11T03:01:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T08:01:21","slug":"microsoft-bing-replaces-google-on-motorola-android-devices-%e2%80%93-android-business-case-dealt-a-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/414715","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Bing replaces Google on Motorola Android devices \u2013 Android business case dealt a blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D14190\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwmpoweruser.com%2F%3Fp%3D14190&amp;source=WMPoweruser&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/binglogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"bing-logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bing-logo\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/wmpoweruser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/binglogo_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a> Motorola, today announced a global alliance with Microsoft Corp to deploy Bing services on Motorola devices powered by Android.&#160; This new offering, launching in China on smartphones in Q1, will provide consumers a choice when using search and map functions on their Android-based devices.<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration with bring a pre-loaded Bing bookmark and a search widget. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;We believe that consumer choice is one of the most critical components to ensuring a rich and seamless client experience,&quot; said Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services, Motorola Mobile Devices. &quot;Motorola and Microsoft have enjoyed a longstanding collaboration and the addition of Bing services to our Android-based smartphones in China is another important step in empowering our end-users.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mobile devices continue to be a critical place for customers to access location-based services such as local search and mapping,&quot; said Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of the Online Services Division at Microsoft. &quot;We are pleased to expand our long-standing relationship with Motorola to bring powerful Bing location-based services to Motorola&#8217;s innovative new mobile devices, providing consumers with more choice and flexibility in mobile search.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The collaboration will start with Motorola Android handsets in China, where Google is having issues with the Chinese Government, but is likely set to spread to many other countries.&#160; The move undermines Google\u2019s business model, where the Android operating system was being given away for free to funnel search and website ad clicks to their services. <\/p>\n<p>Some also speculate that this may indicate a warming up of relationships towards Microsoft\u2019s mobile operating system offerings by Motorola, increasing the possibility of a Windows Phone 7 handset from the company next year.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/03\/10\/motorola-partners-with-microsoft-will-use-bing-search-and-maps\/\" >Engadget.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorola, today announced a global alliance with Microsoft Corp to deploy Bing services on Motorola devices powered by Android.&#160; This new offering, launching in China on smartphones in Q1, will provide consumers a choice when using search and map functions on their Android-based devices. 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