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Old 07-15-2010, 11:28 PM
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Re: Bing: Don't Like New Version; Won't Let Me Use Old One

The new "Bing for VZW" is a total farce. It's forced on you, no choice. In my case it happened in the middle of a busy day where I was relying on Live Search to find my way around. Erases all your old saved locations/destinations, then blows up after a few minutes - keeps reporting over and over again that a "New Update" is available. I installed, removed, reinstalled 6 times, installed on both main device memory and storage card. In the few minutes when it was working, I noticed that the location icon is now smaller, harder to see and has no arrowhead to indicate direction. Also the program exit "X" in upper right corner is now missing - Am I now expected to leave this power hog running continuously? Also the old Bing allowed me to point at a location on the map, mark it, save it, and name it to use as a destination in the future. Can't find this function on the new, improved Bing. If it's there it's no longer the least bit intuitive.

So, it's buggy, it's rude, has a bad interface and generally s*u*c*k*s.

Oh, all this took place on my HTC Touch Pro2 (Verizon).

I do need navigation in Tijuana, which the old Bing excelled at. The new "Bing for VZW" won't stay running for more than a few blocks.

Anybody know a good third party GPS app that covers Tijuana? (Google Maps does not cover Mexico.)
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