What is good for Jobs could be bad for Ballmer and vice versa. The latest development could however, be good for both. Andrew reported that Apple is in talk with Verizon to launch two new products somewhere in 2010. Seems Apple is not the only one eying for the big red company, Microsoft is also in the fray having serious talks to use the network operator as a means to take down the iPhone. 

If this is true (if you only believe in whatever crap Wall Street Journal says), I should say it’s time for the losers to rise and fight the winners. Verizon is still the largest network operator in the US, however it has lost many consumers to AT&T because of the iPhone and Microsoft on the other hand is slowing losing it’s grip on the PC market front because of the sexy Mac machines. The once popular Windows Mobiles was left to bite the dust after BlackBerry and iPhone took over the smartphone market space. 

This time, Ballmer and the whole of his retinue in Microsoft are gearing up for project “Pink” according to wall street journal. The project would bring a new iPhone killer phone that would possibly support running of third party softwares. The project is a move to awaken the dormant Windows Mobile operating system. 

For this Pinky project, Microsoft would be involved in designing the phone’s software and hardware, but a third party would be responsible for building it.

Verizon network for now is the target of both Apple and Microsoft. I take this as a good news, because if everything turns positive, we’ll see Microsoft taking on Apple and Verizon getting back it’s customers it lost to AT&T. This would be kind of a friendly boxing match. There is a lot of technology marathon going to happen in 2010. I am just excited. 

Verizon has not confirmed anything regarding this though.