Source: Microsoft Bing Taking Over iPhone Search

Microsoft Bing will replace Google in the next version of the iPhone operating system to be released in June, we've heard from mulitple sources, including a high level source who claims to have been briefed on the matter. We're not calling this "confirmed" yet, but one thing is sure - our sources close to Google in particular are speaking freely about this as fact. In January Business Week reported that Microsoft and Apple were in talks over an iPhone search deal. There's been speculation around Google's future on the iPhone since last year when the first public spat broke out between the companies over the Google Voice app for the iPhone . Android's continued gains in market share only highlight Google's direct competition with Apple, and the fact that so many core iPhone apps, including search and maps, are controlled by Google, has been a sore point with Apple. From that post: