Microsoft Bing search engine is now available on mobile phones at m.bing.com – it will redirect to the country specific version of Bing (e.g. mindia.bing.com) but if you are looking to play with the global edition of Bing Mobile, use this URL – m.bing.com/?lc=en-us.
Like the Google Transcoder service, Bing can also format web pages in search results to fit the small screen of your mobile device but they offer one unique feature as well.
First open the search settings on your mobile and turn on the option that says “format web results to fit on my phone”. Now when you click any of the search results, Bing will create a visual image-map of that web page (see screenshot above) and you can then click the numbered zones to view the corresponding section of that web page.
Scrolling long pages on mobile phones is rarely fun and this technique of dividing pages in visual blocks save you from doing just that. Microsoft is using Infogin’s mobile conversion engine to create these images maps and though useful, this feature is not perfect yet.
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Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/bing-on-mobile/8941/
Reader Comments
will love to see a google vs bing article from you Amit :)
Written by salman on 06.02.09
Neat. I just use Bing 411 service. Bing 411 gets what I saw probably about 80% of the time, if I saw firm and clear.
Written by Quikboy on 06.02.09
Bing – But Its Not Google. some ui and experience changes, but googles core engine beats bings hands down. try some complicated queries and u will find out for urself.
Written by FirstBallSix on 06.02.09
I could not mark any difference between Bing and Live search. But this is not my question. Here the big question is what is the main reason for changing the brand name. Microsoft moved from MSN to Live and now from Live to Bing. the web search of bing is just a kind in from of great google.
Written by Royal Blogger on 06.04.09