Following a rumor in late March, claiming that Apple will be adding an optional Baidu search engine on the iPhone in China,Bloomberg reports that Apple is really taking this step,announcing more likely in Worldwide Developers Conferencenext week. While customers will have the option to choose Baiduas the main vehicle for searching the Web, Google product willprobably remain, the default choice, said a person. Currently,iPhone and iPad users in China can access Baidu search by downloading separately as an application. Baidu maintains a80% Share in search market in China, making it a natural additionto Apple as it seeks to drive overall growth, with emphasis on the consumer market booming there. Bloomberg points out, alsoclaims that Apple will announce next week that Google Maps isabandoning the IOS, the solution for its own mapping, but the report provided no other details on the company's plans for transition.
