WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chief Executive of Microsoft Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday that the software giant engine U.S. search Bing and maps would be the default service on BlackBerry devices.
Ballmer made the announcement during an appearance surprised at the BlackBerry Developers Conference world for three days being held by the manufacturer of BlackBerry Research In Motion (RIM) in Orlando, Florida.
Bing Director Matt Dahlin said in a blog that Bing will be the preferred supplier of research in the Web browser on the BlackBerry and the application of the default map devices.
Bing will also be the search engine and map requests the new manual of the RIM BlackBerry, his rival for the iPad touchscreen Tablet PC.
"We are very pleased to work with RIM, a leader at the beginning in mobile devices connected to the Internet, to help people make better decisions with Bing," said Dahlin.
Google dominates the Internet search market, but Microsoft is mounting a challenge and they are fighting on the growing smartphone market.
RIM has faced stiff competition for Apple iPhone and combined running Google's Android software and the Canadian company lowered its forecast of quarterly earnings week last on lower sales of BlackBerry.
Microsoft had been gradually losing its share of the operating system of the mobile phone market, but the Finland Nokia announced in February that it is planned to start using Microsoft's Windows phone platform for smartphones.
A Microsoft spokesman declined to reveal terms of the agreement with RIM or if it could pose complications in the partnership of the company based in Redmond, Washington with Nokia.
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