You might recall former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's infamous reaction to the introduction of the first-generation by the late Steve Jobs on January 7th, 2007. At the time, Microsoft had a successful operating system in Windows Mobile. When Ballmer was asked about Apple's new touchscreen phone, he laughed and called it "the most expensive phone in the world." He also said that it wouldn't appeal to business customers because "it doesn't have a keyboard which makes it not a very good email machine." Well, we know who got the last laugh.
Two years ago, Microsoft co-founder ...