AT&T Ditches Google For Yahoo Search on Motorola Backflip

AT&T’s first Android phone won’t ship with Google Search. Instead, The Motorola Backflip’s home screen will sport a Yahoo Search widget, and its browser will run Yahoo searches by default.

…T’s first Android phone won’t ship with Google Search. Instead, The Motorola Backflip’s home screen will sport a Yahoo Search widget, and its browser will run Yahoo searches by default. Yep. I think that’s what they call a burn.
It’ll be the first Android device of any kind with Yahoo as the main search engine, which makes sense: Android is Google’s platform, so Google Search is a natural fit. But Android’s also an open platform, which means that carriers can do with it what they please including denying its creator a chunk of valuable search revenue….

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AT&T Ditches Google For Yahoo Search on Motorola Backflip

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