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It’s about time Verizon got some more bad press for the crap they do to limit users. They may brag all they want about having the “better 3G network” but they are a very shady company that is all about locking out features in phones to make a buck. Now they have taken that a step further, they have removed a feature once present on Blackberries, and did it without warning with a silent update. Users have started to take notice and they don’t seem to like it on CrackBerry or on Verizons forums.
Verizon has unilaterally updated user Storm 2 BlackBerries and other smartphones so that their browser search boxes can only be used with Microsoft Bing.
The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m.
Previously, the search box – baked into the top of Verizon’s browser, above the url address bar – could be set to search Google, Wikipedia, and other sites.
[source: The Register]