If I remember correctly, they had the multi-touch Microsoft Surface years ago, but I didn't see them produce anything, until Apple came out with the iPhone and subsequently the iPad. Now everyone thinks that Apple invented that user experience from scratch. Bill Gates has talking about tablet computing for a decade, but it was Apple that actually made it a reality.
I wonder if they will make the same mistake again with this amazing technology (although they did get out the Kinnect which itself is a sweet piece of technology in its own right).