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Bing and My Verizon Being Pushed To Verizon Storm Users Posted in BlackBerry Apps on 02 Nov 2009 10:17 by Adam Zeis | 
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We've been down this road before, and it looks like Verizon is yet again pushing out some apps to Storm users. We've seen Slacker and VCAST apps magically pop up, and now it appears as if both the Bing app and My Verizon are being pushed out by Big Red. Previously My Verzion was available for download and actually wasn't a terrible app. The new Bing app looks to be a love it or hate it as well. Keep in mind the pushed icons are just shortcuts to download the apps, so if you don't want them just hide the icons. Unfortunately there is still no way to completely remove them. Thanks to everyone that sent this in! Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Verizon really needs to stop this. What a waste of time that they could be putting towards something else to improve service (which by the way is great). I dont understand what they get out of this whole thing. Im sure there is money in there somewhere. Plus as Im sure you can see I dont have a whole lot to say about this outside of what I just said and hell thats not really that great of a argument but I did get to become first post :P lol always wanted to do that
You're telling me that you don't like your carrier updating your phone willynilly, sending you stuff that you would "probably like based on your current smartphone useage" and then not letting you delete it when you actually don't like it?
Maybe Verizon is just trying to make my experience with Storm1 so terrible that I have an easier decision when it comes down to what non-Storm I want to get when my contract is up.
is any one else tired of not being able to delete these apps that verizon pushes out there some i like its i would like to be able to delete the ones i dont like to free up some space
They're not apps. They're icons that link to the downloadable app. Deleting them is going to free up what, 20kb total? They're annoying, but they're not taking up space that has any effect on your usable space.
Personally, I don't agree with what is essentially spam, but what's the other option, go to a network that doesn't work as well to avoid it? Small annoyance, no big deal.
Click on the app and hide it. It takes basic no space.
Bing wasn't a bad app....i used it occasionally.
I like My Verizon, it can be a useful app. I like the (usually)beautiful photographs that serves as a backdrop on the bing site. I still use Google though.
personally i dont like bing at all i guess google just has me in thier death grip but we should still be able to delete them
Is anyone else getting tired of getting up in the morning just to see that Verizon has pushed yet more launchers to your phones? I know that yo can just hide them, but it is getting annoying. It seems like every week its something new.
I know, I totally have SO MANY ICONS getting pushed to my phone all the time. I have like 1 for every week since I've had the phone!! :P Seriously...its not a huge deal. Hide it and be done with it. Last time I remember getting stuff pushed to my storm was over a month ago.
i agree my verizon is great so i dont have to call #data all the time
I searched Google (haha) for info about the bing app for BB...it doesn't exist yet, so I don't understand why VZW is pushing this icon?
but i went...
options > advanced options >service book
then i deleted BING... and its off my phone... hasnt come back yet
I guess I didnt read far enough for your post..sorry!!
this worked perfect!
When you restart your device you will have to do the same thing over again.
ha... oh well it was worth a try
My Verizon is good. But the rest of that crap needs to go
this sucks..I dont know what else to say. I dont like hiding those icons..but I guess I have to.
However, I did find somewhere in the forums where if you go to options - advance options - service books
you can delete the service books for those apps, along with some of the other install icons. The only down side to this method is if you install a new theme or I think do a battery pull the icons will show up again. But another option to think about!
Go here to get the Bing Mobile App for your Blackberry
http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/
or
http://m.bing.com/download
I hate that they do this but the bing app is pretty nice.
I just create a folder named "Crap", put all these crap links in there and hide that folder. No more bothersome icons.
SAME HERE. I have all my push icons/ VZ Navigator in there
Voice Command/Search not working!!!
So I went to the links above to try to download bing for my 8330. The blackberry app when I download it is the "windows live" app with a different icon. which I already have. Is there actually a bing app that has that B logo. If so is it just no available for other BB yet.
I got both push to my phone 2 days ago.
I absolutely hate how they can do this. My device, my rules.
Yes, I do find it annoying that Verizon pushes apps like this. However, I have to say I like this Bing App. I've used it a few times now and I like the amount of information you are able to get.
Yes there is. Just download the useless app and then delete it. No more hidden icons!
Haven't had them push to my phone yet, perhaps I am lucky. Eat that Big Red!
I haven't had them pushed to my handset either. Maybe we're both lucky!! I hope they will be better than that other junk they pushed like Song ID. I had it before on my LG Dare and it came in handy but on the Storm, it's just taking up space. Unless someone can tell me how to get this to work, it's useless.
im trying to get the bing app to go on my phone, might i add that im loving this phone. big time . the only flaw that ive found is the vibrate is too weak. i like the storm 1 after updates . but this one is a quatom leap. just imagine , its only gonna get better.
I usually just delete the service book BUT I guess I will install and delete. Maybe that will work.
Having said that I might actually try the bing app. Bing is my default search engine so we will see how it goes.
I don't think VZW should push anything that is unremovable. I also was a little annoyed at the number of trial ware BS that was shipped with the S2. At first I was happy, a bunch of new games, only to see when you clicked they were for purchase and not included.
Verizon has been installing trial games on phones for years. I've owned 2 LG and 1 Motorola phone and they all came with trial games installed. I'm supprised this has happened to blackBerry's sooner.
I got the pushed link; but got a 502 error (error responding from remote server. Broken already? Maybe .328 is required
nop just try later
anyone knows where I can get this black theme thanks
I thought the pushing of apps was really dumb at first but the Bing thing is kind of handy!
I don't mind them sending my crap, but let's get some better crap...a?
titty...seriously get over it.
I never get these pushed apps... Not sure what's up with that....
I never got the pushed Slacker and You Tube and I did not get these either. I even did a register now on Host Routing Tables and pushed the service books from the BES. I want the Bing app.
i got them pushed then i tried to install my verizon and it gives me like a 504 gateway error or something, any one know how to fix?
I just hide them...but what I am still trying to figure out on my Storm1 is why I've lost so much memory after doing the 5.0 install. Before I'd be running around 33-35mb of memory, but now I can't get above 22mb and it drops down to 11mb or so pretty fast.
Any thoughts on this?
Well... I think 5.0 uses a little bit more RAM in exchange for faster response time. Although u might have less memory now, it equates to a more responsive experience with your phone.
you spelled verizon wrong. was i the only one to catch this? i should get a prize =P
If I want it, I'll find it. Stupid Verizon.
yeah, i wanna know what theme this is too...
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i was like happy with this app till I search for directions with the maps and u HAVE to use verizon navigator wtf...