Microsoft Trying To Steal iPhone Developers By Offering Hefty Amount

Microsoft Trying To Steal iPhone Developers By Offering Hefty Amount

As we reported the other day about Microsoft announcing the roll out of Zune HD on September 15 which is a media player and web browser much like an iPod Touch. People started doubting how it will survive without apps, which is being considered as one of the prime reasons for iPod Touch’s success story. But now it seems like third-party apps are on Microsoft agenda for Zune HD. According to the recent post coming in from John Grubber of Daring Fireball’s who got an email from a developer of an iPhone Twitter client. The post goes like this.

After my post, I got an email from the developer of an iPhone Twitter client. He was contacted by Microsoft a few months ago, with an offer to port his app to the Zune in exchange for “a bucket of money”. He turned them down, but assumes, as I do, that Microsoft reached out to the developers of multiple popular iPhone apps.

Steve Balmer (more info), CEO of Microsoft is again going out in hunt for the developers. Developers, developers and developers…. How can you forget this piece of craziness? Just wait for few days and the new iPod with camera will make Zune HD look outdated before its official launch.