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Apple's iPhone announcement caused a serious stir in the mobile phone world, which roiled only higher with the subsequent announcement of an exclusive arrangement with Cingularand the fact that Cingular would require a two-year contract if you wanted to buy an iPhone. (There are only a handful of companies that would dare play this kind of "How bad do you want it?" chicken with consumers. Apple's one. The other, apparently, is Nintendo.)
Why You Should Care: If Apple sets the course for phones the way it did for MP3 players, your execs are going to be clamoring for these thingseven if they aren't really designed as business tools. And the iPhone isn't designed as a business tool. But since when has that stopped your users from trying to make you support their favorite tech?
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