Bing Hearts Android

August 30, 2010 at 11:48 am PT

You got your Android in my Bing–no, you got your Bing in my Android.

If you can’t beat them, well, you know….

That’s now the official policy of Microsoft (MSFT), it seems, as its Bing search engine offers an app for Google (GOOG) Android for Verizon (VZ) customers.

The “Bing for Mobile Android” app will include a daily image, maps, driving directions and traffic information, as well as instant answers for movies, stocks quotes, flight status and local business listings.

Bing has had huge success with its Apple (AAPL) iPhone app and, thus, is–as expected–moving onto the next big smartphone platform.

Next up, presumably, more Android carriers and, of course, a Bing app for the Windows Phone 7, which will be Microsoft’s newest effort to keep up in the mobile market.

Here is a screenshot of the app, and you can read a blog post from Bing on the subject here, with more screenshots:

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gerrr!

Nelson is exclaiming a big, “HA HA!”

I think you forgot to mention that the Bing app is just for Verizon phones.

Which brings up the question of how much is MSFT paying V, because there is no way V would see Bing as being mutually exclusive hot stuff, whereas MSFT would want to pay to hitch onto Droid.

Or you know, they could always make Bing an exclusive on Windows Phone 7…

And Nelson issues another, “HA HA!”