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Bing Search App Released For 83XX, 85XX, & 88XX Devices

by Ronen Halevy on Nov 24th, 2009 at 4:25 am EST
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DavidH let us know that Microsoft has released a Bing app for BlackBerry which is targeted towards the 8300, 8500, & 8800 series BlackBerrys though David was able to find the download link for the Tour 9630.

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You can find the new app at m.bing.com (choose the download interactive client link) or read more about it on their blog at this or this link. It looks like Bing is first targeting devices with 320×240 resolution with others coming next. David found the OTA link for the Tour 9630 at this link OTA.

You can find the feature list below along with features like voice search and some daily wallpapers.

Search Home with a brand new search experience

  • New and Improved Home Screen with links to the user’s most favorite tasks.
  • Voice-Enabled search functionality
  • Autosuggest-enable text box that serves up your recent searches and favorite locations
  • Top News and Business Directory to expose news and local queries
  • Rotating promos to boost user involvement and knowledge of the application

Web, Local, News and IA

  • Relevant and up-to-date web, news and local results
  • Easy access to interaction (Call, directions, map, save as favorite) for local businesses
  • Instant Answers for Movies (Showtimes, Theaters, Now Playing), Weather, Finance and Locations

Maps, Traffic & Directions

  • Search the map for businesses around you.
  • Easy access to directions, favorites, centering yourself on the map
  • Step by Step directions to your locations of interest
  • Track your location on the map using responsive and highly accurate Location Based Services.
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9 Comments to “Bing Search App Released For 83XX, 85XX, & 88XX Devices”

  1. Posted by: DavidB
    November 24, 2009 at 6:25 am EST

    Got the 9530 version here: m.bing.com/download/

    I followed above link for the Tour OTA and it installed a Bing version but it gave me a out of memory error (though I had 83MB free) and then on reboot my Tour was bricked and is displaying a “Reload software” device error!

    From my BlackBerry Storm…

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    • Posted by: Bing_support
      November 24, 2009 at 12:05 pm EST

      Hi David,

      The OTA link is not really final high-res build. The engineering team is still working on it.

      We would like to know which OS version, BB model and carrier so we can give a final look at your configuration.

      Reply
      • Posted by: DavidB
        November 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm EST

        I have a Verizon Tour 9630. I was running official Sprint OS 4.7.1.57 when my phone bricked. I have now upgraded it to official Verizon OS 4.7.1.61.

        I also have a Verizon Storm 9530 with official Verizon OS 5.0.0.328.

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        • Posted by: Bing_support
          November 25, 2009 at 1:02 pm EST

          The most likely cause is that you installed the Storm build into your Tour. The m.bing.com site haven’t light up for Tour. Should be very soon. That will point you to the correct version of Tour. We tried installation on 4.7 Tour and it installed fine. Thanks.

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          • Posted by: DavidB
            November 26, 2009 at 11:25 am EST

            Um, NO. Please READ what I wrote: “I followed above link for the Tour OTA”. 9630=Tour. The only way your contention could be correct is if YOUR SITE at http://static.appserver.m.bing.net/binaries/rim/v1/9630/Bing.jad ACTUALLY provided a 9530 binary instead of a 9630 binary as the URL would seem to indicate.

            So “static.appserver.m.bing.net” isn’t part of the “m.bing.com site” that you say hasn’t lit up yet for the Tour???

  2. Posted by: David H
    November 24, 2009 at 4:50 pm EST

    I have been using the OTA link on my Sprint Tour with 4.7.1.57 and not had any problems with it. So far I like it.

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