When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that “there’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share,” no one would have imagined that Redmond-based compay would lend a hand one day –like now.

File this one under “irony”‘ Microsoft’s is providing an incentive to purchase Apple’s iPhone though its Bing marketing campaign. In an attempt to entice users to try its Bing search engine, the company is offering 35% discount for AT&T’s online store, which sells iPhones.

[via Technologizer]