Use Mobile Bing to Get Real-Time Flight Status and Local Movie Listings

Bing keeps getting more interesting all the time. Sure, Google is still king of the search roost, but a recent update to Microsoft's search engine makes it a strong choice for your search needs while on the go.

Bing's mobile page -- m.bing.com -- has travel-optimized links across the top of the page for driving directions, traffic, weather, and move listing. If you tell Bing what zip code you're in, tapping any of those links zeros you into location-aware results, such as local movie listing, a traffic flow map, and local weather. The movie listings also include video trailers and movie info -- very slick.

If you're flying, just enter the airline and flight number into the search box, and you'll be offered links to real-time flight status and the ability to track the flight in real time. (Unfortunately, this is a US-only feature right now.)

Bing is optimized for touch devices with a bigger search box and finger targets on devices like the iPhone, G1, and Zune HD.

You can add all this mobile stuff to my six reasons for searching with Bing.

If you don't mind spending a buck, there's also a Bing iPhone app that is location aware via GPS, so you don't need to enter a zip code. It also displays the Bing photo of the day, if you're into that sort of thing.