Microsoft chief disses iPhone

Talking of Microsoft, the IT conglom's CEO Steve Ballmer has been telling USA Today that Apple's iPhone won't have anything like the impact as all the media hype surrounding the new mobile iPod device might suggest. He told the paper: "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $500 subsidised 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% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get". Ballmer denied rumours that a Zune phone was in the pipeline, though did not rule out Microsoft launching a mobile with 'Zune-like capabilities'. Presumably that will use an entirely different DRM.