Bing Mobile

250px Bing for mobile application on Windows Phone 7
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	5.1.2010.5040 / November 5, 2010; 19 months ago  (2010-11-05)
Operating system	Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry OS, iOS, BREW, Android, T-Mobile Sidekick
Type	Web search engine, map application
Website	m.bing.com

Bing for mobile (formerly Live Search Mobile) is a search tool for handheld mobile devices from Microsoft as part of their Bing search engine. It is designed for mobile device displays.

There are three ways Bing can be accessed on mobile devices:

• Mobile browsing: m.bing.com
• Bing mobile application
• Bing 411

Features[link]

Bing for mobile browser - m.bing.com[link]

Mobile browsing allows users to access Bing on their mobile devices through WAP or GPRS connection. The interface is optimized for viewing on mobile handsets. Users can:

• Search the web for information
• Get news information
• Find local businesses in the user's local area
• Get maps and driving directions
• Get answers to questions
• In the UK and in Japan - "Find My Location" to pinpoint a user's location

In the U.S. on HTML-ready mobile devices such as iPhone, Android, and touch-screen Windows phones, further features are available:

• Automatic location detection (geolocation)
• Suggested local listings based on location and time of day
• Save listings to Favorites, and send that list to friends
• Movie listings with clips and trailers
• Sports scores and stats, with real-time updates during games

The Bing for mobile browser is available in 31 markets worldwide.

Bing for mobile application[link]

The Mobile Application is available as a Java ME application for non-Windows phones, as a richer .NET Framework application for Windows Phones, and as an application for BlackBerry OS, Android, iOS, and Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW). It provides local listings, maps (road and aerial satellite), driving directions, and traffic conditions. Other features include:

• Predictive text input
• Browse and search through business categories
• Image search and image exploration
• Speech recognition search input
• Search results include a phone number and address; users may click to call for an immediate connection
• Send search results to others using SMS
• Find maps for specific addresses
• Get directions to and from a destination
• Get turn by turn directions using a GPS receiver
• View traffic information for major roads in selected cities
• Get weather forecasts
• View movie showtimes and theaters
• Turn-by-turn navigation for Windows 6.x phones.^[1]

The Bing app for iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) includes these further features:

• Barcode and cover art scanning
• Enhanced product listings
• Social updates from Facebook and Twitter
• Social search - see results from social network alongside web results
• Share search results on Facebook, Twitter, or through email

The Bing app is available in the U.S. on a variety of Windows phones, Android platform devices, all BlackBerry devices, several BREW devices, iPhone and iPod Touch, and Sidekick devices.

Bing 411[link]

In the United States, Microsoft operates a toll-free number (1-800-BING-411 or 1-800-CALL-411) for directory assistance called Bing 411. This services uses voice search technologies powered by Tellme. Users are able to find local shops and restaurants and obtain driving directions, traffic reports, sports scores, stock quotes, weather reports through this service.

As of 04 May 2012, callers to Bing-411 are greeted with a message that the service will be discontinued on June 1st.

See also[link]

• Windows Live

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Bing for mobile phones