"Right now we [Microsoft] are selling millions and millions and millions of phones per year, Apple is selling 0 phones per year. In 6 months they [Apple] will have, by far, the most expensive phone in the market place."
He didn't say anything worthwhile either, just weasel words.
"He merely said that whether it's a tablet or a laptop or a desktop, it's still a personal computer. Fair point."
If the best reaction you can muster from a question such as the one posed to Ballmer is "fair point", then the speaker hasn't said anything of any significance or depth.
Contrast that with Steve Jobs' answers, and the difference couldn't be more clear. Either Jobs is far more skilled at veiling his true intentions, or he's a lot more introspective. Personally, I enjoyed listening to Steve Jobs' answers a lot more than I did Steve Balmer's. Ballmer just sounds a lot more like your typical corporate "talking head".
"I tried to take notes on one in a meeting with me yesterday. That was fun. It didn't go very fast."
Note taking in meetings is clearly not the USP of the iPad though, so Ballmer's comments are just a cheap shot... no substance.