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Ballmer changes tune while dancing around Apple's success
AppleInsider — By Kasper Jade & Prince McLean Published: 05:05 PM EST Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who's watched his company's PC business come under immense pressure from Apple, used a forum this week to discount the Mac maker's potential for future share gains and designate its mobile phone business as a doomed initiative that will "lose out" in the long run. Microsoft aims at Apple integration In July, Ballmer issued a widely publicized email to employees acknowledging the looming threat presented by Apple, in which he outlined a cause of action that, among other things, suggested Microsoft follow the example set forth by its rival in ...

Steve Ballmer Does His Thing, Says G1 Isn’t Good Enough
Mobilewhack.com — I was just considering cutting old Stevie some slack since it looked like he was actually working for a change. If last year he went ahead and told everyone what he thinks about the iPhone and Apple’s success in selling it, now he talks about the first Android device. The G1 won’t be a threat to Microsoft either. Apparently no product will, no matter how much market share Windows Mobile might loose to Apple and Google in the future. Ballmer had a chance of saying something worth remembering at the PDC in the UK and he blew it. He said that Android is unattractive and it won’t threaten Microsoft position in the mobile business: “they’ve ...

Ballmer changes tune on iPhone, says no Zune phone
AppleInsider — By Zach Spear Published: 12:00 PM EST Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who once laughed off the iPhone, has now conceded to Apple's edge in the market while hinting at a very different future for his company's Zune players. Ballmer told the Financial Times (registration required) that the iPhone and BlackBerry have "clear market momentum" in the smartphone business. Shortly after the iPhone was announced at Macworld 2007, Ballmer lambasted the Apple handset as the "most expensive phone in the world" while noting that Microsoft sells "millions and millions and millions of phones a year" while "Apple sells zero." "I'd prefer to have our ...

Ballmer Is Right: Mac Users Do Pay Dearly for Apple Logo
Today @ PC World — apple users do pay extra for the apple logo Steve Ballmer is trash-talking Apple again. No surprise there, as Microsoft's famously loud-mouthed CEO has taken plenty of swings at Cupertino over the years, such as when he snickered at the iPhone ...

Steve Ballmer laughs off Google's Chrome OS threat
AppleInsider — By Prince McLean Published: 10:00 PM EST Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer ridiculed Google's browser-based PC operating system which is slated for shipment next year, using a tone remarkably similar to that used to blow off the potential of the iPhone two years ago. In a speech followed by a question session in front of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference audience, Ballmer said, "to me the Chrome OS thing is highly interesting," but remarked that "it won't happen for a year and a half and they already announced an operating system," speaking of Google's Android. Android , first officially announced four months after the original iPhone went on ...