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Verizon Users Only Showing Bing As Their Search Engine Choice?!?

by Bla1ze

on 17 Dec 2009 12:07 AM

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Verizon Customers No Longer Able To Access Multiple Search Engines?!?

Some strange happenings on the Verizon front at the moment. The CrackBerry tips box is getting full of users who seem to be having their search engine options stripped from their web browsers, leaving Bing as the only choice for search engines to use. The CrackBerry forums and even the official Verizon forums all show signs of this happening, seemingly for no reason at this time. So, do you have all the regular options? Or is Bing the only choice you have on your device browser? Let us know if the comments.

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Filed Under: News & Rumors; Tags: bing, browser, search engine, Verizon

183 Comments

Posted by Stang68 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I only have Bing now...no bing deal. Oops! Pun!

Posted by paulmike3 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Digg this story to the front page and get the national media on it!

http://tinyurl.com/bing-verizon

Posted by gemni73 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

just looked on my browser and there is only the option for Bing. very interesting.

Posted by Propa Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

lol AT&T gives u options

Posted by mjtellez Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Everything still good... no Bing

Posted by PHLAK Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I don't mind Bing showing up, but I HATE that it's my only option right now.

Posted by BB_Storm4me Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

My Storm Browser still has Google, but a little while back a Bing icon appeared. It's just a shortcut to load Bing. I ran the installer and tried it out. It's not Storm friendly so I removed and hid the shortcut.

Posted by Irving94 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

We all got that bing icon on the homescreen. We're talking about if you open up the browser to do a search, instead of google, wikipedia, etc... now there's only bing.

Posted by BB_Storm4me Friday, Dec 18, 2009 786 days ago

I just completed BBM .56 update and had a battery pull earlier today. I still have the original search choices (no Bing). I previously loaded Bing from icon to try, but it no workie so good with my Storm. Bye Bye Bing (for now).

Posted by mattvait Thursday, Dec 24, 2009 780 days ago

same thing with me, i have all of the options, and one day bing appeared on my homescreen, i personaly hate it when phones come with stuff that you cannot remove, and it really pissed me off when this icon just "appeared" one day. but i was able to get rid of it, if you delete the service books for it on the bb and possibly the module it will b gone forever :)

Posted by TaylorFox Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I don't seem to have Bing at the moment...

Posted by muneton17 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I don't have bing on mine. I still have options :D

Posted by don_c11 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

yea when you go to search in the internet browser it shows up as the primary search browser....

Posted by dlonian Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Still Google, Dictionary, Wiki, and Live Search. BTW RIM can we have a 9530 .428 Leak?

Posted by brianmsteele Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

When I use "Go to..." Google is still the default.

I did NOT upgrade to the latest BBM release FWIW...

Posted by Dr.Boost Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I have had the new BBM for a day or so and still got all my search options. They take my google search away, they get a phone call, I am not going to be nice either. What they going to cancel me? Do not even try, AT&T would love to have me.

Posted by heathro1281 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I still have google, wiki, dictionary.com as my search options. No bing.

Posted by GooTz66 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I also have the bing curse with no other options. I hope it is just some sort of glitch and will be fixed soon

Posted by hybridpeople Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I noticed today that bing, was my only choice for web search. My personal preference is google, and am a little ticked that MY choice was taken away from me. If that's the case I'll tell VZW to go pound sand and get a CB or Ham Radio...

Posted by PolarPaladin Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Subject to change I suppose but I also have no change in choices. Google still is primary with options of wiki, bing, and dictionary.com

Posted by ds00 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

No Bing showing up thankfully... And I upgraded to the latest BBM so don't think that causes it...

Posted by cenloe Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I have all my original options, no Bing here (thank Jeezus)

Posted by ksmitchell Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I only have bing. I would prefer verizon to give an option of using bing or google not to just remove google from the browser quick search feature.

Posted by Zipman_13 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I have all my search engine options still intact.

Posted by ushneb Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Man, I thought I was the only one. I thought it was me who did something to screw up my browser. I'm seriously pissed because I hate Bing and I never use Bing. I don't like the fact that it's being forced down my throat.

Posted by bassace Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I have all the choices

Posted by Nomad6677 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

All good here still have all my options. Didn't install os leak but running bbm .55

Posted by ba_hamilton Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

My options are Google, Live Search, Wikipedia, Dictionary.com

Posted by EyeInStein Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I did a complete rebuild a couple of days ago and noticed this.

Google is my homepage - so whatver verizon and microsoft are brewing... is just wishful thinking.

Gotta love 'em.

Posted by fillossofer Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

No change (yet) still have Google.

Posted by zerog32 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

After a few battery pulls your choices will be gone.

Posted by Irving94 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

On my new Storm2 with the official 5.0, my only search engine in the browser is Bing. No more dictionary,google, etc...

Posted by frail Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

After a battery pull, I noticed that Bing is now my one and only search engine choice. I don't understand why it couldn't have just been added to the list, instead of replacing it entirely. I liked being able to search Wikipedia as well as Google and the Dictionary. Never used Bing, never had any interest in it, certainly will do my utmost to refrain from using it in light of this. This is not cool...but coming from Verizon, I'm not entirely surprised by this move.

Posted by Tha Riddler Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Odd that was not like that until I pluged into Desktop Manager for an update tryout. Now its just Bing... I want my Google back!!! LOL... hope it clears up quick.

Posted by S3QU3NC3 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Bango.. (sry had to do it)

I still have my options.. who use's bing anyways?

Posted by hoang85 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Mines has Google, Live, Wiki, and dictionary.

Posted by IshvaMal Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

My browser still has four choices... Though now I'm dreading what I may find with the next battery pull...

Posted by jeditribe Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Bing a ding ding no like bing I want my google

Posted by DawnGP143 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

And I'm NOT happy about it. You know, if they want to make Bing the default, I'd be ok with that. But to make it the ONLY??? I want my choices back...YESTERDAY...and have sent a letter to VZW telling them so.

Posted by paulmike3 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I let them know that I want a permanent discount if it stays like this, because I now have to use a permanently sub-par search engine with permanently sub-par results. PATHETIC.

Last time I checked, "Bing" is not in Webster's dictionary. Verizon == FAIL.

Posted by disbanzai Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

This is rather annoying

Posted by thegreatone0381 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Still have all my options.

Posted by dyingquail Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Yet, but if this does come to fruition, I will be escalating my way up the Verizon customer service chain.

Posted by bb-rookie Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

I have a storm 2 and just noticed that... I havent payed any attention to my browser for 2 reasons. For some reason my battery life sucks. And I use the Opera Mini 5 beta 2. I want my options back though. Verizon just gangsterd my shit

Posted by BusaB Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Still have all my options on my Tour with the new bbm and running the leaked .230 OS.

Are the people that are getting Bing as the only choice all on a official OS or is it happing on both official and leaked OS's?

Posted by cwc-tour Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Nope still got Bing-free

Posted by aubinhick990 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Nothing here. Just did a battery pull. On a 9530 with .328. If Verizon wants to pull this ***t you bet I'm going to call and demand them change it back...

Posted by maddie1128 Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Just did a battery pull to uninstall an app and I still have my choices. Are you all saying that after SEVERAL battery pulls the choices will go away?

Posted by charleypark Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

verzion and still have google =)

Posted by peestandingup Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 787 days ago

Cant you just set mobile Google as your homepage & use that??