We haven't gotten our hands on a new Kindle Fire just yet, but we now know that Microsoft's Bing is the default search engine on the device's Web browser. Microsoft may have paid Amazon a pretty penny for the honor, one that could be important in Microsoft's longstanding struggle to wrestle search share away from Google.
The news was revealed by Ubergizmo, which snagged some hands-on time with the Fire at yesterday's unveiling. "The search box is powered by Bing," the author wrote, noting that she did not check to see if it's possible to switch to another search engine. We contacted Amazon, and have received confirmation that Bing will indeed be the default search engine. Amazon told us that users can switch to Google or Yahoo if they'd like.
Amazon also has a public statement on users' ability to choose the default search engine.
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