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Microsoft pokes at iPhone developer kit

Time: 15:51 EST/20:51 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Ever since the release of the iPhone developer kit, software companies everywhere have been trying to figure out just what they might be able to bring to the device.

The list of interested parties includes Microsoft.

"It's really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone," Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Specialized Devices and Applications Group, said in an interview with Fortune. "To the extent that Mac Office customers have functionality that they need in that environment, we're actually in the process of trying to understand that now."

Asked for further comment, a representative for Microsoft's Mac business unit told News.com the company is "excited to see improved and updated products and services for its customers" but had nothing to announce as far as its roadmap.