www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Wikipedia and Google would be replaced by Bing as the default search engine on some of the Blackberry smartphones of Verizon Wireless under a search agreement inked between Verizon and Microsoft in January.

According to Verizon Wireless spokesman Jeffrey Nelson, in order to use the search engine of their choice, the subscribers will have to simply type in the URL of the search engine they prefer, mark it as a “favorite” and *SNAP* . The carrier’s action covers several BlackBerry models and the update affects the devices’ Web browser.

The change was first noticed by CrackBerry.com when the users of the site reported Microsoft’s Bing as the only available search provider. However, a cursory test showed that Google and other options as still available.

Earlier, Verizon Wireless in July remotely pushed the Slacker Radio application to subscribers toting the BlackBerry Storm.