bing image search - Windows Phone 7 General

I've ran into this a couple times now, but i've yet to find any type of method that works other than going to the browser and visiting bing/google.com...
But is there anyway to search for images when you're using the search button and bing search on the phone. when using the search button on the phone for say "will ferrell janet reno" because i want to see pictures of the skits from saturday night live, i only get the options for web, local, and news. is there a faster way of searching for images other than going to internet explorer or a third party app?

I am also wondering this? I know they have a google search app, but I feel like the bing built in search should include image results

There are third party apps that can do the job. But you have to pay.
But it's a shame that Bing does not even include such a basic feature.
So I'm using the Google Search app, which is anyway better and includes images search.
I really wonder how MS expect to compete with Google with their crappy Bing service. It's maybe ok in the US, but here it's unusable.

Yeah this has been pissing my off recently. I've tried even the most basic searches like, "dog" or "mcdonald's" and I get no results in the built in image search. WTF?! If I use a third party app like Bing Image Search ( http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/a7819f29-d887-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8 ) then I get results as expected...

jaminroe said:
Yeah this has been pissing my off recently. I've tried even the most basic searches like, "dog" or "mcdonald's" and I get no results in the built in image search. WTF?! If I use a third party app like Bing Image Search ( http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/a7819f29-d887-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8 ) then I get results as expected...
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I just searched 'dog' and got results on the images page.

Odd. I get plenty of images even for more obscure terms, let alone stuff like dog.
Keep in mind Bing is very dependant on your localisation. When I ran the phone in czech, the search button took me to the desktop version of bing. Switching to English - UK gives me the normal phone version of bing that works completely fine.
Just did a search for dog as well - no problems.

Well to be more clear I'm using the built in search. So if you press the search button on your phone.
But guess what? Its working now. I restarted my phone after doing a backup using WP7 Easy Backup Tool. Maybe the reset fixed it.

Yah there's an odd bug with Bing image search on the phone. I reverted to a previous backup and get "no images" for most everything now. Was going to reset the phone completely but my Lumia 900 will be here in two days

enter search term, search and switch to images instead of web, if thats what you are looking for.

lamborg said:
enter search term, search and switch to images instead of web, if thats what you are looking for.
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Thats exactly what I do, and no images are shown. Its odd. It doesn't always happen, but it happens quite a bit. And on simple terms (like say "dog")

Sometimes search is down.
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dtboos said:
Thats exactly what I do, and no images are shown. Its odd. It doesn't always happen, but it happens quite a bit. And on simple terms (like say "dog")
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Could really be an issue with your phone localisation somewhere which messes up bing from time to time. Or you're just unlucky and keep getting sent to a really bad server.

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New Google Maps Mobile

Haven't seen this posted here yet.
Looks like Google released a new version of GMM. No longer do I get those pesky wininetread errors.
The new version is 1.2.0.2
I'm running Shadow as well.
Here's the link I used from pocket ie: http://www.google.com/gmm
The file is called: googlemaps_compressed
PM
Do you have a linky at all?
Matt
Link to new Google Maps
http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB
...or just go to google.com on your phone and you should get a link to if from there on the home page...
Smiffy.
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Do you have a linky at all?
Matt
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Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
Plays nice in WM6
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.
Good catch.
The initial version of the program was pretty unuseable due to the error messages.
Hope this version is better!
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Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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OK - I'm not taking it personally, I just thought it common sense to post a link when talking about a new peice of software - that's all
Cheers
Matt
looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans
weinson said:
This new version seems to work better in WM6 ... I can now drag my screen to move the map without the annoying data/refresh errors I used to get in the last version.
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amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view
hiimcliff said:
amen to that. the only thing that would make this version crap all over live search is.....
street view
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Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
agovinoveritas said:
Guy, that's lazy.
And then noobs complain when other members are blunt.
Google is google, and the biggest search engine in the world. Google Maps Mobile is one of their most famous --and only PPC apps-- how could you or anyone else not find the App? Type Google Maps Mobile on your phone or PC?
Sorry, to put this in the spotlight but this is an obvious example why members get upset at new users and don't worry it is not just about you. Currently there are been an ongoing issue about Noobs.
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They also make Total Commander for PPC!!! get facts fight if your going to have a go at someone!!!
You dont have unlimited plans?
What a shame.......if you only signed up with fido previously! HA.
aximfan said:
looks very nice... now if only in canada we had unlimted data plans
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But no new features
Yes, the new GMM is nice, in that the wininet error is gone. I haven't played with it too much yet, but the one thing I DID notice is that there is still no hybrid view, with streets superimposed over a sat view.
Again, haven't played with it too much yet, but I haven't seen anything new, outside of the error fix. Has anyone noticed any new functionality?
-pvs
[EDIT] Well, I clicked around with it a bit, and while I AM happy they fixed the glitch, I'm saddened that they couldn't add a few new features, for instance:
1) Hybrid view, as mentioned above
2) The ability to move it's cache to a storage card
3) The ability to preserve my historical locations, searches and directions between upgrades
But again, I'm happy they fixed the wininet glitch. And I guess ... what do I want for free, right?
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kinggofg;1310852 said:
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.
ChaoticDruid said:
Ok, heres just one easy one to explain..say youre disabled, and you arent able to get around much for certain reasons etc..would give you a chance to kinda go exploring, and see things, which you otherwise wouldnt be able to....Im sure I can come up with a few more, thats just the easiest/quickest to explain.
btw, Sorry to wander offtopic.
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Agreed, sorry to wander...
I'm just excited to try the new GMM.
How about a legitimate use for an average person. Everyone needs GMM, very few need street views. Street view is the kind of thing that seems cool and you can talk about at cocktail parties, but you will never use. I use mapping software nearly everyday. And if they get traffic working, could increase productivity in this country by millions if not billions of dollars.
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Street view is so rediculously stupid. In fact I was talking to a director at Google a couple of weeks ago and told him to stop focusing on that poc street view and fix gmm. GMM, after their search engine and maps is probably the most useful thing they have going.
I then proceeded to show him how gmm was incapable of finding the party we were trying to go to because of all the errors. We eventually got there. This new gmm came so quick after that incident... hmm I wonder...
Seriously though, street view??? Can you think of a singe legitimate use for it beyond the cool hey there's where I used to live in manhattan?
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yes. i love it. i live in nyc. now when i go somewhere that is unfamiliar i check it out on street view first so i know exactly what im looking for when i get there. i love it.
I will agree that the street view is not that important. It's more like a 'wow, this is cool' kind of feature.
All in all, this new release appears to be very stable. No annoying errors.
I think this is the future of GPS programs. It is much easier to distribute new maps when available, and add new features.
I envision a program similar to this which simply caches the maps you use most often on the device, and updates them via your data plan whenever an update is needed. If you go to a new city or state, the device starts caching the new area.
GPS works better. yey! You can now configure the GPS, so there's actually a chance of it working
new option in GMM
DTX is corrrect, there is now an option to specify which serial port your GPS is on unlike the previous version. I didnt find this useful because I always set my GPS up under Start-Settings-GPS but you do have an option now to over ride this setting.
I drove around all day yesterday trying out the new GMM to see if the WINNET error would reveal its ugly head and it didnt. I was even out in BFE yesterday and when I would loose cell coverage and then come back in the GMM went to work to catch me back up.
My only wish list thing would be to orient the map depending on which direction you are heading. This was a feature in Pocket Streets that I found very handy instead of playing a guessing game as to which direction to turn...
Enjoy!

[APP] Google docs officially released!!

http://www.conceivablytech.com/7066/products/google-quietly-releases-docs-for-android
Download Google Docs in the Market
I am happy now
Is this an app or is it over the web?
truewarriorkb said:
Is this an app or is it over the web?
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It says right in the linked article, that its a Market app. Or you could have just went to the Market and looked.
Google=win
G2 running Xboarder56's v1.9.5 Stock Gingerbread
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
Gwanatu said:
Yeah I was stoked about it at first, but this app royally blows. It's seriously NO different than opening your browser on the phone and going to docs.google.com. You still can't edit formulas in spreadsheets (a must since I do my budget on there), and the editing interface is just as bad as the web page, in that you click on a line, have to edit only 1 line at a time and have to save it after editing. Why not just let us edit the cells individually? Thanks for finally getting around to mediocrity Google.
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I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
adamhlj said:
I have to admit that I haven't really explored the app very well. But at least it is a start. Maybe make a comment on the app page and email them as to how they can make it better?
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My problem with it is that it's literally no different than just opening Google Docs in your browser. I'm just not sure why it was even made if they were going to do it like this, that's all.
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
Sinistah_ said:
how do you even delete documents you dont want on here???
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I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2
How horrible. Hearing this, I'm definitely un installing
Gwanatu said:
I can't find a way to. Yet another reason why this app is useless
Sent from my G2
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Hey they updated it so that docs can be deleted. Now just to add the formula functionality and ill be happy.
Sent from my G2
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
redpoint73 said:
The app is supposed to be able to perform OCR on text photographed with the phone. Anyone get this to work very well? Every time I've tried it (on different forms of source text) it just one line of the text, or a few scattered letters. Seems like it could be a handy function, if it worked.
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Ah yes, that is a VERY useful thing! Glad to see that there are indeed more features. I just tried it and it's actually very good; I just scanned a page from a book, and although it has a few odd formatting problems, the text was almost perfect. Nice job Google.

[Q] Am I missing something? Can't save pics?

Okay so let me start off by saying that this is my first Windows Phone and I really love it (aside from the so-so camera). I went from a Captivate to the Galaxy S2 (loved both) to the iPhone 4S (awful, awful phone), and can say I might just be hooked on WP7. Anywho, I've found that I'm incapable of saving images from IE9 or the built in search app. Long pressing does absolutely nothing. I feel like the answer is something obvious that I happen to be overlooking, but searching gave me nothing. Any help?
EDIT- So after rebooting I got it to work in the web browser, but it looks like it's just not possible to do from the built in Bing search. Pretty lame on MSFT's part but whatever. Can a mod lock/delete thread? Sorry
I get the menu option to save the picture from the browser.
Yeah, it is pretty lame that save pic doesn't work from the Search app. Works fine from the browser, so if I want to save something, I just use Bing from IE.

[Q] Maps / Navigation update?

Has anybody noticed that Google has updated the Maps app, and thus changed the way the GPS Navigation works?
It SUCKS BIGTIME! Heck, it picks some business that I never went to as maps/navigation history, and even though I delete the maps history, it pops right back like I went there! I cannot slide over in nav to fingd a contact adress anymore either. Also, when I used to search for some place like "Burger King" it always came up with a list and I could choose which one I wanted. Now It PICKS ONE that IT wants and I have no choice anymore. It's like some kid wrote the software and has no f'n idea what he's doing. I am very disapointed with this $hit! The GPS Nav is the SOLE REASON I STAYED WITH ANDROID! Oh well, I guess soon I'll be moving on to an iPhone...... if I can't get things how I want, I just as well get things that WORK!
I'm pretty sure you can find an older, more functional version with some good ol' searching.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
Woah there bud. Take it easy.
Google recently made several changes to Maps. (I don't know if this was one). But one big one was they did away with offline maps. Within days it was back due to the enormous amount of backlash.
Send a complaint to Google support about your issues. If it is related to the changes they made, you won't be the only one (and they have just proven they do some times pay attention to user complaints). If it's not and yours is malfunctioning they may already know a fix. And if not, just install an older version for now.
And just so you are aware, maps on iPhone will be the same as ours for the most part. The only reason they didn't have to deal with the offline maps change was because the update hadn't yet become available to them, and it was changed back before it was. Most other changes in functionality will most likely affect the iPhone too.
Just one piece of advice, don't write to Google support the way you wrote your post to us. It's a great way to receive no reply and no help.
And remember, all the things you mentioned may just be from a single simple bug they would correct anyway.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
DocHoliday77 said:
Just one piece of advice, don't write to Google support the way you wrote your post to us. It's a great way to receive no reply and no help.
And remember, all the things you mentioned may just be from a single simple bug they would correct anyway.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Thanks Doc,
I did it as soon as the update messed my Nav up, but I seriously doubt Google would do anything about it. They always do as they want, including legal aspects, so not hoping to see any changes.
On a more positive note,
If anyone prefers the older version of the software, go to Settings>Application manager>All
and look for "Maps", Select it and click on "Uninstall updates". It will put back the "Navigation" icon too.
DO NOT UNINSTALL THE APP! You might not be able to download and install the older version anymore...
Then, go to Google Play (using the shortcut or from the Tray icons)
Tap the Menu button and select "Settings".
Remove the bullet from "Auto-Update Apps" and put the dot in Do not auto-update apps.
Back out and close Play Store. You will not get any auto updates pushed to your phone anymore!
You still can get all the updates MANUALLY whenever you want....
Just open the Play Store, and tap the Menu button
"Select My Apps"..... It will list all the Apps you have installed that have updates available.
Update whatever you want to and close the Play store app when you're done.
The updatable apps will be at the top of the list, and others below will show "Installed"
Hope this helps others that want the older stuff, but want updates too!
Aloha & Good Luck!

xda forum pages reloading when interacted with in chrome?

So this is a pretty weird problem here.... I've noticed that whenever I'm browsing these forums on my Note 3 (it also seemed to happen sometimes on the sgs3 as well) I will run into this problem. What happens is when I go to a page that lists threads or forums, so a device's main page, the main forum page, or a forum itself, the page loads fine but when I actually try to interact, be it zoom in so that I can see things easier, or scroll down, or even click a search box, the whole page will begin to reload. Then once reloaded, half the time I can use the page without it happening again (all though hardly ever on the sgs3) and the other half of the time it would just happen again. The only way to keep it from happening that I found is to simply load the page, then when I go to interact with it I just do so near the top of the page so that if the thing starts to reload then I can quickly tap on the x button to stop it. If I do this then it won't bother me again like that on that page. I can scroll or type or whatever. But as soon as I go to another forum, device page, or even the next page of the same forum, the same thing , will happen.
Does anyone know why this is happening and any way to correct it? Is it an issue with chrome itself, as this only seems to happen on chrome, but my issue there is that I like chrome abd o especially like the way my bookmarks settings and passwords are shares across my own personal devices. So any ideas to fix this? It's driving me nuts! Oh and yes I know I could use the app but I'm just not that fond of it. I've even bought the premium one to support the forum a little but I'd just rather use the browser. Thanks for any help....I'm sure some others are experiencing this issue.
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asaqwert said:
So this is a pretty weird problem here.... I've noticed that whenever I'm browsing these forums on my Note 3 (it also seemed to happen sometimes on the sgs3 as well) I will run into this problem. What happens is when I go to a page that lists threads or forums, so a device's main page, the main forum page, or a forum itself, the page loads fine but when I actually try to interact, be it zoom in so that I can see things easier, or scroll down, or even click a search box, the whole page will begin to reload. Then once reloaded, half the time I can use the page without it happening again (all though hardly ever on the sgs3) and the other half of the time it would just happen again. The only way to keep it from happening that I found is to simply load the page, then when I go to interact with it I just do so near the top of the page so that if the thing starts to reload then I can quickly tap on the x button to stop it. If I do this then it won't bother me again like that on that page. I can scroll or type or whatever. But as soon as I go to another forum, device page, or even the next page of the same forum, the same thing , will happen.
Does anyone know why this is happening and any way to correct it? Is it an issue with chrome itself, as this only seems to happen on chrome, but my issue there is that I like chrome abd o especially like the way my bookmarks settings and passwords are shares across my own personal devices. So any ideas to fix this? It's driving me nuts! Oh and yes I know I could use the app but I'm just not that fond of it. I've even bought the premium one to support the forum a little but I'd just rather use the browser. Thanks for any help....I'm sure some others are experiencing this issue.
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Using stock browser on my Note 10.1 it does this every time I try to use the XDA search. Havent tried it on my N3 though.
Anyone know how come the N3 stock browser acts like Chrome when you zoom? I cant figure out how to have the text format to the page either.
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Using stock browser on my Note 10.1 it does this every time I try to use the XDA search. Havent tried it on my N3 though.
Anyone know how come the N3 stock browser acts like Chrome when you zoom? I cant figure out how to have the text format to the page either.
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I shut off Java on the mobile chrome browser and this issue stopped.
I like having java though that's such a limiting way to deal with the problem
Where is this button Tony it's talking about? I don't remember seeing any buttons hardly in chrome.....
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Yep happens to me too. I can't stand it. I find Firefox works best. It never refreshes like that.
Yea every other browser works fine except chrome it Is stupid as all get out.... what can be done to fix it I don't want to stop using Chrome because I use the bookmarks all the time etc.... it's just much easier for me to use Chrome for like 99 percent of the stuff that I do.... so any ideas? What is this auto reload feature that one guy was talking about? I've never heard of or seen it anywhere in chrome...has anyone else?
Far left bottom corner there is option to change for styles, change that to a previous one and it will stop
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Far left bottom corner there is option to change for styles, change that to a previous one and it will stop
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You'd think a site dedicated to mobiles would make the default be something that doesn't bork a major mobile browser...
They do , it's called the xda app lol
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They do , it's called the xda app lol
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and I've got the premium version. I don't like the layout as much as the website(when it works)
ilostchild said:
Far left bottom corner there is option to change for styles, change that to a previous one and it will stop
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Thanks....at least that fixes it.... though you lose a couple features I guess it is what it is until they fix it that is.....
Thanks for the workaround. I also bought the premium app and i feel ripped off because it is really, really bad.
They should not activate a default setting that is bugged on a browser most users browse these forums with!

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