Silicon Alley Insider's Dan Frommer makes a good point in a recent article that Microsoft should be working on iPhone apps as a hedge bet if nothing else to a) have a more substantial brand presence on fastest growing mobile software platform and b) grow its mobile ad platform...not to mention the fact that they still rule the Office space and mini apps would support the millions who use them.
Frommer outlines possible Microsoft iPhone apps which include:
* Office micro apps, so the millions of people who still read and create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint docs can do this from their iPhone. This should sync to Microsoft's new online Office. (And what about the Apple tablet? Won't that need Word, too?)
* Zune music subscription player.
* Bing. Why not? Google has a search app.
* Games, like an iPhone version of Halo and throwback favorites like Minesweeper and SkiFree.
I for one would love to see a Bing, Halo or mini Word iPhone app.
Tell us which ones you'd like to see in comments.
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