On the eve of Apple’s expected announcement about a new generation iPhone, a top Microsoft executive has lashed out at the iPhone, as well as the BlackBerry.

“We will outsell the iPhone. We will outsell the BlackBerry,” said Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division, in an interview with the San Fransicso Chronicle.

Bach said that while Microsoft has no plans for an iPhone clone — the so called Zune Phone — he was confident that Microsoft would still outsell the iPhone by supplying the operating system, Windows Mobile OS, for more mobile phones.

“We don’t make phones ourselves. We don’t have any plans to make phones ourselves. Our focus is on the belief that a phone is a very personal thing. Different people want different types of phones. We think that is going to continue, and we think Windows Mobile is in a great position to service all those different opportunities,” said Bach.

Bach also said that Microsoft is already way ahead of Apple in terms of shipping 3G phones, given the number of 3G mobile phones that use Windows Mobile. The company is eyeing to ship around 20 million more this year, and is aiming to outsell not only the iPhone, but the Blackberry as well.

During the interview, Bach also denied the rumor about a Blu-ray Xbox 360, but confirmed that a touch-screen version of the Zune maybe in the offing.

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