The AP's Bruce Meyerson reports that AT&T COO Randall Stephenson showed off the Apple iPhone during a speech yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2007 -- at which point "the audience snapped to attention and the room lit with camera flashes."

According to CNET's Marguerite Reardon, Stephenson said AT&T "has already received about 1 million requests for information on the iPhone."

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