Microsoft’s Bing and Google contend for iPhone Search Engine

Rumors were in the air early this week at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress industry trade fair.  Supposedly the current Google – Apple union could soon be traded for Microsoft’s new Bing search engine. Reuters reported Google vice president Vic Gundotra commented that the current union was “Stable”

“Apple is a very close and valuable partner and we’re very excited about the relationship we have with them today. We have no reason to believe that’s going to change,” Vic Gundotra, who leads Google’s mobile engineering, told journalists on Monday.

“We don’t want to comment on those rumours,” he said when pressed on the issue of the iPhone at a round table at industry trade fair Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. “We think that relationship is stable.”

On the flip side, Reuters reports from the Microsoft side, when asked about the proposed rumor,  CEO Steve Ballmer was tight lipped and uttered, “No comment” with a smile.  The rumors surround the industry trade fair Mobile World Congress which is taking place in Barcelona this week.  Read more at Reuters.

[via Reuters]