# Dammit, Microsoft, I didn't say you could stop doing bing411!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 5, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952 "2012-05-05T03:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952/21 "2012-05-08T20:51:04Z")

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> [@Joey\_P](#):
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> I’ll give you a break on the tremors, but fat fingers are no excuse for not having a smart phone anymore. I know some very large and very tall people (with equally large fingers) that have no problem typing on and using (quickly) smart phones. The screens on these phones are pretty good at figuring out where you meant to put your finger.

I wish they could teach me, then. Using the touch screen keyboard is the one thing I don’t like about the iPhone. I hit the wrong key all the time. The guessing mechanism is fine for when you’re typing a sentence, but when you’re typing a password you need to get every character right, so it’s frustrating when you keep missing the key.

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**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952/22 "2012-05-08T22:20:18Z")

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Bing? What are you still doing here, I thought I told you to go fuck your mother!

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952/23 "2012-05-09T16:35:06Z")

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Oh, I completely agree with the uselessness of the Bing search engine on my computer. But I do need my free phone number look up service for my cell phone, and I really want to know where it’s going to come from after June 1.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952/24 "2012-05-10T14:10:04Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> I have a capacitive stylus, and it’s great. It was shipping from Hong Kong so it took a while to get here, but it was cheap for a [3 pack](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053NBLFW/) on Amazon.

I have a stylus like that (well, actually a stylus/writing pen combo) for my tablet, but the ball looks a bit large to be useful on a smartphone.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-microsoft-i-didnt-say-you-could-stop-doing-bing411/620952/25 "2012-05-10T14:12:03Z")

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There’s apparently 1-800-FREE411. [Snopes says it’s legit.](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/free411.asp)

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