Microsoft releases its first iPhone app

Is it possible some at Microsoft find the iPhone a more attractive platform than the software giant’s own Windows Mobile?

Microsoft’s Seadragon on Apple’s iPhone.
(Credit: Microsoft)

Engineers in the company’s Live Labs have released the company’s first application for Apple’s popular smartphone–even before making it available on Microsoft’s own mobile platform. Seadragon Mobile, which was added to Apple’s App Store on Saturday, is a free image-browsing app that allows users to quickly “deep zoom” images while online and is intended to demonstrate what is possible with a mobile platform.

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