There's been a whole lot of hubbaloo about what Steve Ballmer said about the iPhone:
"There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It’s a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at the 1.3 billion phones that get sold, I’d prefer to have our software in 60 percent or 70 percent or 80 percent of them, than I would to have 2 percent or 3 percent, which is what Apple might get."
Well to be blunt, what did anyone expect? Good ol' Ballmer is never gonna bow down and kiss the feet of any product... especially not an Apple product. They've got their Windows Mobile to defend, so of COURSE he's gonna say these things to distract folk from the iPhone. Maybe he's got something better but we think not. It's just a lot of hot air and smoke screening to cover up the fact that M$ is hoping the iPhone won't be a success.
For a better viewpoint on this please take a look at John Gruber's commentary here.
