Apple's IPhone Stirs Up Would-Be Rivals

February 1, 2007 Apple's IPhone Stirs Up Would-Be Rivals (AP)

Pablo Gonzalez holds up his $1,000 touch-screen O2 cell phone at his office in Fremont, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. Gonzalez, a Prada shoe-wearing cell phone connoisseur who jumps from one new handset to the next, has already made up his mind. He's ready to ditch his $1,000 touch-screen cell phone for the iPhone when it becomes available in June. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- Pablo Gonzalez, a Prada shoe-wearing cell phone connoisseur who jumps from one new handset to the next, is ready to ditch his $1,000 touch-screen cell phone for Apple's iPhone when it becomes available in June.

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