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Is Google opening itself up to a potential revenue loss as carriers cut Google services from Android? Perhaps, and one way to address that risk is by building a Google phone, says ZDNet. It didn’t work with the Nexus One and it won’t work now. Read More »

Contrary to popular belief Google is apparently getting the Nexus S ready for sale at Best Buy this holiday season. The retailer leaked an ad that was spotted before being pulled. The Galaxy Tab is arriving in time for the holidays, and was unboxed on video. Read More »

 
 

Rumors of a follow-up handset to Google’s Nexus One phone are filtering through the web with Nov. 8 the reported date for such news. Could a Nexus Two succeed in reducing carrier control where the Nexus One failed? It could if Google adjusts these five aspects. Read More »

Need a Nexus One? Turn to Craigslist.

Sorry, folks … The Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google. For more information on how to purchase the Nexus One, check out our help center. It’s the end of the road for sales of Google’s Nexus One handset, after the search … Read More »

When the Nexus One first launched, I called it the best Android phone yet. What a fool I was to jump to that conclusion. Let’s just say that topping my list of things to do now that I’m feeling better is to get a new BlackBerry. Read More »

No Google Nexus One for Sprint. So What?

With Sprint reportedly not planning to allow the Google Nexus One on its network, is the Nexus One even more of a failure than before? Not really, because Sprint has nothing to gain by supporting the Nexus One. Sprint’s decision won’t hurt Google Android either. Read More »

Android is fast becoming the smartphone platform du jour, as mobile browser Skyfire’s decision this week to drop development of its browser for the BlackBerry to concentrate on Android makes clear. Also this week, Verizon announced the arrival of the Android-based Droid Incredible. Read More »

Sprint said this week that it will become the fourth major carrier to support the Nexus One; a Google Buzz widget was released for all Android-based handsets; and Google, Intel and Sony said they’ve entered into a partnership to create Google TV. Read More »

Lessons in Phone Marketing, or Why the Nexus One Is Sucking Wind

When it comes to selling a lot of a new phones in a short amount of time, an educated customer base, a pre-holiday launch and a carrier with a huge subscriber base are essential. And launching a phone with a web sales channel is dumb. Read More »

The Nexus One Needs More Hype

HTC has begun shipping its Android handset to Verizon Wireless in advance of a launch in the next few weeks. If Google is going to move the needle with its flagship phone, though, it has to start backing the phone with a big marketing budget. Read More »

An onscreen keyboard from Swype found its way onto the Android-based myTouch 3G from T-Mobile this week, and Google launched a Buzz client for both the iPhone and Android-based phones. But Droid owners will have to wait still longer for their Android 2.1 update. Read More »

Android This Week: Nexus One Gets Touch; 720p from Samsung

Google surprised Nexus One owners this week by releasing an update for the Android-based phone. In the meantime, Motorola introduced the Devour in the U.S., and Samsung unveiled a new Android phone due to appear in Korea early this year. Read More »

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Things are looking dire for dead tree media of all sorts as the consumer electronics industry takes aim at newspapers, magazines, and the humble mass of paper known as a book. But between iPhones, dedicated e-readers and the much anticipated tablet, what does the consumer … Read More »

Android-based phone owners that are also Verizon FIOS customers now have access to a free app that enables remote control of the service. In the meantime, Nexus One owners may have a fix for the 3G connectivity problems that’s been plaguing so many of them. Read More »

Google may be having some teething problems with its foray into the topsy-turvy world of mobile handsets, but don’t count it out just yet. Analysts estimate that Google could sell 1-3 million Nexus One units in 2010, generating $500 million-$1.6 billion in incremental revenue. Read More »

Google has postponed the launch of two Android smartphones in China as its high-profile stand-off with Beijing escalates. With the door closed to the world’s largest mobile market, is it too early to wonder when Google will pull the plug on the Nexus One? Read More »

The bloom seems to already be off the Nexus One rose, as reports are starting to appear in customer support forums that the phone has problems consistently accessing the T-Mobile 3G network. Many were also chagrined to discover that the device doesn’t have multitouch enabled. Read More »

With a target of 150,000, Google’s Nexus One phone is said to have sold about 20,500 units according to estimates by Flurry. It was outsold by Droid by more than 12 times, myTouch 3G by 3 times and iPhone 3GS 80 times they say. Read More »

Google is experiencing some notable customer service issues as it works to increase its presence in mobile. While such hiccups may have been predictable, they’ll need to be addressed as Android begins to get legs with mainstream users. Read More »

The much-hyped Nexus One has been praised as an impressive, if incremental, step in the evolution of Android. But for Google it marks the latest small step toward changing the mobile industry as we know it. Read More »

In the wake of Google’s Nexus One phone launch, some questions are emerging about whether Google is going to be truly open with the Android OS. Yesterday, on a videocast, Chris DiBona, Google’s influential open source program manager, provided some insight into the company’s planned approach. Read More »

Google’s new Nexus One allots only 190MB of memory for storing local apps. That’s a tiny fraction of the available app storage on Apple’s iPhone, but the strategy of sacrificing local storage aligns with Google’s plans for its upcoming Chrome OS. Read More »

Forget the phone. The big news out of Google today wasn’t the Nexus One, but the web store that the company created as a way to get a certain class of Android devices it calls superphones into consumers’ hands and gain some control over the OS. Read More »

Let’s face it, when it comes to the Nexus One, aka the Google Phone, there’s really only one thing you want to know: Is it better than the iPhone? The answer, unfortunately, is not all that simple. But after using the device for nearly 10 days, … Read More »

I’d hoped that today’s announcement of Google’s phone would be another iPhone-like bomb set to disrupt wireless carriers and bring a future of affordable, open and ubiquitous mobile connectivity to pass. It isn’t. I suggest two ways for the search giant to help bring that about. Read More »

Andy Rubin’s business card identifies him as the Vice President of Engineering at Google. In reality, he’s the Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine’s mobile chief. From the time Google snapped up his tiny startup, Android, to today, when it officially launched the first Google … Read More »

Mobile apps that take users directly to e-commerce and other types of sites are a growing threat to traditional search engines, according to BroadPoint. While the growth of mobile apps has been heralded as a healthy trend, is it good for the Googles of the world? Read More »

Google is set to sell its own Android phone, and we’ve got the details on it. Meanwhile, the Camangi WebStation, a web tablet based on Android, has started shipping to customers, and an analyst claims Motorola will debut two Android handsets at CES. Read More »

This week, specs arrived for Google’s Nexus One phone, Mplayit launched its Facebook-centric version of an Android app store, social city guide Buzzd and NPR released Android apps, and speculation arose about whether AT&T or T-Mobile will sell the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 phone. Read More »

This week, Google gave its employees a new phone that’s based on future Android technology, hacks of the Android-based Nook e-reader were made, Evernote was launched for the platform and reports emerged that Motorola’s Backflip may be the first Android phone on AT&T’s network. Read More »

Google’s Nexus One phone will come to market next year without a carrier subsidy. The handset may be too pricey to find an audience outside the developer community, but it could be a first step toward ending the subsidized-handset model. Read More »

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