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How long have we been reading these Zune Phone rumors? Microsoft still hasn’t officially announced any plans to build an iPhone, but yesterday’s corporate reorganization clearly points that way.

There might be a world of iPhone hype out there, but is there’s anything Microsoft knows how to do, it’s fight back with sheer brutal volume — and it looks like the WinMo juggernaut is just getting warmed up, with sales of 14.3M units worldwide in the past six months.

For those wondering when touch features such as those found on the Surface PC or iPhone would make it into mainstream PCs, the answer appears to be “whenever Microsoft gets around to releasing Windows 7.” A Microsoft blogger said this week that the Vista successor will include an array of new touch features.

For those wondering when touch features such as those found on the Surface PC or iPhone would make it into mainstream PCs, the answer appears to be “whenever Microsoft gets around to releasing Windows 7.” A Microsoft blogger said this week that the Vista successor will include an array of new touch features.

Microsoft wants to buy Musiwave, a company specializing in mobile music services. The deal would lay the foundation for a Zune wireless store, matching Apple’s iTunes Store for Wi-Fi that lets iPhone & iPod Touch users download songs over the air. This copycat move is just one more sign of what’s wrong with Microsoft’s Zune strategy.

In a patent filed this July, Microsoft wanted to stake their claim to a new interface for use on a touchscreen in a mobile device.

A new patent application published yesterday and assigned to Microsoft shows a mobile phone interface that bears striking similarities to the iPhone.

and, dare I say it, done a few things from which even Apple might learn a thing or two.”

Web posts on how to open your product. Perhaps it’s because the retail plastic box is so darn complicated to open. I’ve been through the process several times and wondered why these plastic boxes did not have an obvious opening process that did not require directions. Are iPhone boxes are this hard to open?

Not even a week has passed since Apple launched its iPhone and already reports are coming out predicting a successful future for the device. Meanwhile, the Microsoft Zune has reached its target of selling 1 million units by this summer.

This is a nicely done diss-song about the iPhone done using Microsoft Sam.

Could Apple’s iPhone be at the mercy of a patent just granted to Microsoft? Could be, judging by U.S. Patent 7,225,409, “Graphical User Interface For A Screen Telephone,” which was awarded to Microsoft on Tuesday.

Update to Microsoft story: news has just come out about the product described below, officially named Surface. It’s a lot bigger than the iPhone, but uses similar multi-touch technology. Here is the press release and here is our write-up

The latest trend in computer interaction is touch. From Jeff Han’s now famous demo at TED where multi-touch user interfaces got their first big public airing to the impending iPhone launch, everyone’s thinking of innovative ways to control their machines just using your fingers.

Seeing as the Zune was such a hit, Microsoft decided to repeat the success and tackle the iPhone before it even gets out the gate; friends, we give you the Microsoft oFone.

Apple’s soon-to-be-launched iPhone will be irrelevant to business users because it is a “closed device” and does not support Microsoft Office, a senior executive with the software giant said this week.

While the Apple iPhone may have unexpectedly blown Microsoft’s Zune out of the water at CES, the 360 looks as though it may have pulled an unexpected fast one of its own. What we’re talking about here is Xbox 360 IPTV versus Apple TV.