Microsoft is said to be leveraging the skills it has learned from it’s Mac Business Unit to look at creating a mobile version of MS Office for the iPhone. Microsoft will leverage it’s expertise in Active Sync technologies to create business applications that are sure to appeal to the corporate units who are looking to bring the iPhone in house.

This looks to be shaping up as an explosion of applications and development as every company wants a piece of the iPhone marketplace. 10 million phones may be an easily attainable sales figure if this is picked up on the corporate level as it looks like it is shaping up to do. I predict by this time next year that Apple will be on level playing ground with Rim as far as phones in the marketplace. I believe the adoption will be swift, and snowball as corporations adopt, developers create compelling apps, and other corporations adopt so as not to be left behind.

After some server issues getting the SDK delivered to potential developers, Apple is still well on it’s way to finding a thriving developer community for the recently announced SDK (Software Developers Kit).

The SDK will give large corporations and small time developers the same tools that Apple has used to create applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The SDK is free, distribution of free software will be free to the developer but if you want to sell your applications there is a one time fee of $99. In addition to the one time fee Apple will get 30% of all profits from the application sales for hosting and marketing. The SDK beta is available for download from Apple’s Web site.