“One of Microsoft’s California offices has a team dedicated to the iPad, iPhoneDevCamp founder Raven Zachary overheard today,” Electronista reports.

“Two Microsoft employees in Seattle were heard discussing an ‘iPad group’” present in the state,” Electronista reports. “It wasn’t certain from the conversation whether it was a group studying the iPad or writing apps.”

Electronista reports, “Previous stories have surfaced of Microsoft writing iPad apps. What these may be still isn’t known but could include ports of existing iPhone apps like Bing as well as possible productivity apps, although iWork and Documents To Go have already filled the niches for some.

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