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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With the help of Motorola Inc., Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs finally made good last week on his pledge to deliver a cellular phone that plays music like an iPod, Apple's wildly successful digital music player.

Even so, many expect Apple to go further.

Ultimately Apple may introduce its own cell-phone iPod combination, dubbed the "iPhone," designed by Apple itself from the ground up and which would most likely be made by a contract electronics manufacturer, such as Flextronics or others.

But don't expect it in the next year or so, analysts said, noting that Apple, which is based in Cupertino, California, has a number of hurdles to overcome. Among them: partnering with a cellular phone carrier to resell minutes on its network and choosing a contract handset maker to produce the devices, which must work with the different cellular transmission standards.
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