Microsoft attempting to pay iPhone developers to write apps for Zune

With iPhone having a lot of application developers without paying them, this is one way for microsoft to tap not “all” but “some” developers to earn more…

“In my brief comments yesterday on the new touchscreen Zune HD that is set to debut September 15, I noted: Clearly, the Zune HD is going to be compared to the iPod Touch. Its biggest shortcoming is that it’s just a media player and web browser; no apps, no games,” John Gruber writes for Daring Fireball.