Just because there’s no March Madness action today, it doesn’t mean we can’t have fun playing prognostication exercises. Besides, I’m sure quite a few folks that picked Kansas to win it all could use an easier forecast question. In that vein, how about a simple little poll with regards to Google’s Nexus One on Verizon Wireless? I think it will happen tomorrow for a few reasons.
Early rumors tagged March 23 as the date of availability and although Google hasn’t confirmed that date, it coincides nicely with the first real day of CTIA activities. This is the biggest telephony trade show in the U.S. While Google isn’t exhibiting at the event, bear in mind that they didn’t show any wares at January’s Consumer Electronics Show either. In fact, it typically doesn’t attend these types of trade shows. Yet on the first day of CES, the Nexus One for T-Mobile was announced — I remember it clearly because I ordered one from my phone as I waited in the taxi line just after landing in Vegas for the CES.
Google has always said that a Nexus One for the Verizon Wireless network will arrive in Spring 2010, and that season just kicked off this weekend. Of course, Google has nearly three months to meet the Spring claim, but there isn’t another or bigger U.S. phone show this season. Now is the perfect time to make the announcement, assuming the phone is ready. And we already know that a CDMA phone very similar to the Nexus One ran through the FCC certification process last month, so the timing all adds up. I’m picking tomorrow for the win — unless Google pulls a fast one and announces it later today, that is. How about you?
The big unknowns — aside from the release date, of course — are the details of the eligible plans and the unlocked nature of the device on Verizon. And on Sprint, for that matter, since both carriers use a CDMA network. Sprint has already mentioned how well the Everything Data 450 plan will work a Nexus One but Verizon has stayed mysteriously mum, with very few statements so far.
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