iPhone to Replace Google with Bing?

The iPhone might ditch Google for Bing.

Apple Inc. is negotiating with Microsoft about making Bing the default search engine on the iPhone, reports Bloomberg, citing sources “familiar to the plans.”

If the deal comes to fruition, Bing would replace Google, the current default search engine, in the device’s Safari browser. However, the iPhone being the iPhone, users can turn to the App Store to continue using Google if they wish; Google has an app. Bing, incidentally, has an app available in the App Store as well.

Google seems to be losing ground lately to Bing. In late December, the Register reported that Microsoft has paid Verizon Wireless $500 million in a five-year search deal to make Bing its official search engine on most smart phones, like the BlackBerry Storm II.