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Google to Expand Its Android Nexus Lineup
Until now, Google has chosen one manufacturer to collaborate with and create a spec phone for new versions of Android. In 2010, HTC and Google created the first of these smartphones, the Nexus One. For the next two years Samsung…
Google Turns Nexus One Into Developer Phone
Google announced today that it has unlocked the Nexus One as its new Developer Phone. This comes at a price of $529.
Google Opening Up Retail Options for Nexus One
Google has announced some changes to how it offers the Nexus One mobile device. Due to a disappointing turnout to its web store, Google is expanding the retail availability of the device. The company will work with partners to offer it to consumers through existing retail channels on a global scale like it has done in Europe.
In addition, Google wills top selling the device at its web store, and instead will use the location as a "store window" to show the availability of Android phones globally.
Nexus One May Launch In UK Next Week
More than 15 weeks after the Nexus One launched in the US, it looks like our friends in the UK may finally get an opportunity to buy the Android smartphone. Late yesterday, a "coming soon" page set up by Vodafone briefly changed to describe the release window as April.
Droid Beats iPhone In Sales Comparison
There’s good and bad news for Google this morning with respect to Android and the mobile market. In terms of how many units were sold during their first 74 days of availability, it seems the Droid beat the iPhone to the million-unit mark, but the Nexus One is lagging far behind.
Goldman Sachs Slashes Nexus One Sales Forecasts
Investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs is more or less giving up on Google’s Nexus One. A note Goldman Sachs published this week indicates that it’s cut its 2010 sales forecast by a whopping 71.4 percent.
Sony Ericsson CEO Admits Nexus One Snub
As interesting alternate timelines go, the idea of a cell phone having been built by a different company doesn’t exactly rank up there with JFK surviving his trip to Dallas. Still, the CEO of Sony Ericsson raised more than a few eyebrows by admitting that his company declined the opportunity to manufacture the Nexus One.
Google Views Apple Relationship As Valuable
Google said today it views its relationship with Apple as valuable and does not see any reason for that to change, even with the rumors Microsoft’s Bing may replace Google search on the iPhone.
Google Lowers Controversial Nexus One Fee
Update 2: Google has now reportedly lowered the $350 fee to $150, and launched a support line for the phone at 888-48-NEXUS.
Update: The FCC has sent letters regarding early termination fees to Google, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. In its letter to Google, it says:
Google Introduces Multi-Touch To Nexus One
When the Nexus One was released, comparisons to the iPhone were unavoidable, and a respect in which the Android device came up short was multi-touch. Now, though, an over-the-air software update should allow Nexus One users to pinch and zoom to their hearts’ content.
FCC Writes Letter To Google Over Early Mobile Termination Fees
The Federal Communications Commission recently began an inquiry into exorbitant early termination fees in mobile phone carriers’ contracts. The investigation began when Verizon raised its early termination fee to $350 (from $175) for smartphones.
Google Tries to Carve Out its Place in Mobile
Arguably the biggest news in the tech industry so far this year, has been Google’s launch of the Nexus One smartphone. The company rocked the mobile space when it announced that it would be selling the device on its own without the need of a carrier contract (although such contracts are available).
Google Unveils Nexus One “Super Phone”
Update 3: Google is now advertising the Nexus One on its homepage.
Update 2: They have also posted a video showing Google Maps on the Nexus One:
Google Phone Excitement Builds Ahead Of Jan. 5 Event
The cat has at least started to come out of the bag with regards to the long-rumored "Google phone"; details about the Nexus One have been leaking for weeks. It looks like the rest of the figurative feline will soon appear, too, as a T-Mobile announcement and invitation to a Google event were issued today.