Okay, verizon. What is the idea of suddenly removing search providers from our Blackberry browser and leaving us with only BING? Absolutely ridiculous!
bshpmark wrote: Okay, verizon. What is the idea of suddenly removing search providers from our Blackberry browser and leaving us with only BING? Absolutely ridiculous!
Do you have BING installed on your BB? If so that maybe why. I have 5.0 Storm 1 and I have Google as my search engine. I also have access to Live Search, Wikipedia,and Dictionary.com. I had installed BING and never looked to see if it changed my search engine, but later deleted it from my Apps list.
I already posted about this... haven't received any information from anyone who actually knows.
http://community.vzw.com/t5/BlackBerry-Devices/All-other-search-providers-removed-required-to-use-bing/td-p/133060
LCromwell wrote: bshpmark wrote: Okay, verizon. What is the idea of suddenly removing search providers from our Blackberry browser and leaving us with only BING? Absolutely ridiculous!Do you have BING installed on your BB? If so that maybe why. I have 5.0 Storm 1 and I have Google as my search engine. I also have access to Live Search, Wikipedia,and Dictionary.com. I had installed BING and never looked to see if it changed my search engine, but later deleted it from my Apps list.
I have a Storm 1, just did a battery pull, and I still have Google as my search engine and all of the other choices mentioned in the drop down menu. Based on all the discussion that is going on in the forums at Crackberry.com and the BlackBerry.com the issue is wide spread but it seems some BlackBerry users are not having to deal with it.
I have noticed the same thing on my S2. I used to have Google, dictionary.com, and another but now I only have Bing. I hate bing and would rather have my google back. Bing came on my phone but I have never used it because of how much I hate it.
Hey there, how's it going, well that's odd having bing in search engine something may be acting up on app, now I would remove app and re-install but before install check permission it should be custom all allowed except input simulation and browser filtering should be deny, if this is not like this then you might have a glinch on software and need to set back to defualt thru D. Manager. I have bing installed and never had a single problem. I personally like it. Would be nice if also had in search engine but I don't only in my computer internet browser " oh well!
VERIZON! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE.
I have wanted an iphone for a long time but stuck with verizon because of the great family plans and the service coverage as well as the choices you provide.
This is a terrible desicions to take away the choices of browser options!! So terrible I think it would make people think twice about wanting to choose verizon over att. Dictionary, google, and wikipedia were incredibly useful search engines. And this just seems like a money making scheme travesty. Please undo it!!!!
Huh, I wonder if its not affecting California?, I have as well as cali friends, google and othersin search engine, there's something fishy going here..????
As I said on the other thread, people need to get over it and move on. On your phone browser go to m.google.com/search and download the app and then put it in your homescreen. How hard is it to do that? people instead just rather cry and cry.
Whya whya eeeee wayola is right guys.. Get prepared BING is the feature, google is not going to be faithful in keeping privacy in feature, when owner is going to sell google, good bye to privacy..Plus Bing will be better than google you'll see.! If you want google get a app or bolt browser Or opera mini 5 that's it problem solved.
well I placed a call to vzw and the rep put me onto tech support and they have no knowledge of this!!
I also called tech support. I was asked for my land line # so he could access my phone. He would get it fixed and call me on the land line. Well that was three days ago. These folks you talk to just blow you off. What Verizon has and is doing is very up setting. They have no right to change my phone with out notice and my approval. If they can change your search provider than they could also limit, block any services/apps for any reason taking your choices away.. If any one from Verizon Wireless reads this forum I hope they take it for action. Reinstate our search options as they were. Add bing if you must. BUT leave the other choices.
I just noticed it got pushed to my phone today.
Thanks Verizon in giving your customers "choices". I don't care what deal you made with microsoft. Just like every computer you buy, you should have a choice of a search engine.
In this day and age, that was an extremely [edit] thing to do.
{word filter avoidance}
I don't care which search engine you think is better. It's still a [edit] thing to do, and it should be a choice. Not rammed down our throats like they did.
Woyala, this has nothing to do with the ability to use another search engine. I will always have my options. What it does have to do with, is the way Verizon handled it. They took choices away that we once had and left us with no choices at all on the Go To screen.
How happy would you be if you hopped in your car tomorrow only to find one radio station? Would you not be unhappy about that? Oh sure, you can buy a separate tuner with a modulator, or hard wire... etc... But why should you have to?
Look at it for what it is. A corporate deal that benefits Microsoft and Verizon without regard for the consumer. Period.
If you wish to send a message and demonstrate that such maneuvers will engender negative reactions in the customer base, boycott Bing--not just on the phones but on your regular computers as well. And let Verizon know that you're doing so. I'm not using Bing as long as the browser default remains the same.
derwoozle wrote: Woyala, this has nothing to do with the ability to use another search engine. I will always have my options. What it does have to do with, is the way Verizon handled it. They took choices away that we once had and left us with no choices at all on the Go To screen. How happy would you be if you hopped in your car tomorrow only to find one radio station? Would you not be unhappy about that? Oh sure, you can buy a separate tuner with a modulator, or hard wire... etc... But why should you have to? Look at it for what it is. A corporate deal that benefits Microsoft and Verizon without regard for the consumer. Period.
Same thing goes to gaming consoles. If a game is exclusive for one game console what you do? well, those who can afford it buy the other one and play the game or you don't. When exclusive deals are made between 2 companies, there's nothing the customer can do about it. I myself don't use bing unless is for cashback and still right now in my Tour I have the default search engine and I most of the time use the google app instead.
Yep just happened to mine, too. Going to the iPhone.
Verizon is threading a very fine line these days with this latest push on Bing. One of the biggest draw for the iPhone is customization. If Verizon doesn't get that and force their clients to use their phones a certain way, their days are numbered. If they are smart, they'll bring back the other search providers. If they pull another stunt like this, I'd rather pay the early termination fee and go with AT&T. I frankly don't care about coverage in middle America and it won't be long before AT&T catches up anyway. Verizon, get a clue.
Yes, this does suck. I regret purchasing the crappy storm 2 even more now.
Also remember that you purchased the phone with one set of functionality on it, and Verizon, without your permission decreased that functionality *after the sale of the device*.
State Attorney General offices *exist* for this kind of consumer protection.
I would suggest that everyone, hopefully from all 50 states contact their State Attorney General's Office and file a consumer proteciton complaint on this matter.
Having the Attorney Generals Office of 50 States breathing down their necks might just get your functionality back. Keep in mind, the Attorney General's office can require compensation to victims, and THEY don't take a percentage of the "damages" (Look at what Microsoft had to refund to every microsoft customer in the state of Iowa for every copy of most Microsoft products purchased in the state over a multi year period.) The AG's office also has the authority to prevent a company from doing business in the state.
Unfortunately I can not get involved since Android devices apparenlty are not affected, so I can not file a complaint for my state.
If you happen to live in the State of Iowa, here is a link to the AG's office where you can file an online complaint.
http://www.iowa.gov/government/ag/file_complaint/index.html
Go here with your BB
http://m.opera.com/next
to download and install Opera Mini 5 beta, and you'll not only get your search back but a far superior Web browser in comparison to the gawd awful one Verizon only further borked by limiting the search box to Bing.
I'm using it on my Storm 2 since this morning and works like a champ. "Tab" browsing too, better zooming, panning about the page... just tweak your options...
-Michael
Verizon, you got this one wrong! Look at the frustrated customer postings above to confirm my conclusion. I pay extra to use the best wireless provider in the US, but I expect to have options in the features I use rather than having you choose what you think is best for me...which is certainly not a mediocre Microsoft product! If you're getting compensated by Microsoft for this decision, shame on you! We pay plenty for your service, so subsidy from a vendor of your choice should not be necessary.
Please give us back our choices!
Maybe we should file a class action law suit, Verizon getting paid for shoving Bing down our throats, but We are the customer paying for a service.
Read more on this site....
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/19/verizon_snuffs_google_for_bing/
