Bing for iPad

Bing for iPad is here , a terminus for all your Bing hunting inquiry and a handful of other affair , like maps , pic trailers , news , and more . So how does Microsoft ’s imaginativeness of a touchscreen future look ? Pretty damn nice .

What is it?

Bing , Free , iPad . Bing has finally officially landed on the iPad , and instead of just serving up search , their app is a tricksy hepatic portal vein to all thing Bing : search , natch , but also weather , news , maps , movies , vogue and the similar . And it looks great ! Slick transition make menus materialize rather than just appear ; menu tile update dynamically on the home panel ; and images and video get jostle in your face at every turn . I entail that in a upright means . All this content is connected with simple , intuitive piloting via a swipeable , tappable measure omnipresent at the top of the show , all amounting to a much more unified ( and pretty ) experience than Google ’s iPad offering .

Who’s it good for?

People who want to see what Microsoft has in mind in terms of tablet UI ; Bing user ; masses who are Google lookup die hards but want to see what Bing has to offer otherwise .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

Bing , while likely destined to remain second place in search , is still a redoubtable enemy as a greater interweb portal , and the visually - rich style of their website translates attractively to the iPad . And while Google ’s services have mostly been carve up into their own distinct apps or web apps , Bing ’s are all offer under this one app ’s roof . Which is in many ways an advantage : you could move fluidly between hunt results , range of a function , video , intelligence , and popular searches . There are n’t many competitors who cover the same range — offering their own web search , as well as search trends , news aggregation , mathematical function , weather , etc.—and none who wrap up that orbit in such a prissy ( and free ! ) software .

How could it be even better?

Of course , Bing ’s sort of recently to the game here — you may already have your go - to tablet resources for search , intelligence , mapping , etc , and there ’s a chance that Bing spreads itself a bit too thin to do all of this things as well as a handful of specialised apps .

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