Google Nixes Verizon Edition of Nexus One

“Google has quietly canceled plans to release a Verizon version
of its Nexus One phone and is instead steering customers toward the
HTC Incredible, a phone described as a “Nexus One on steroids” by
one analyst. As a result, industry watchers are weighing the news
and what it means for the search giant’s foray into marketing its
own smartphones.

“Customers visiting the Nexus One shopping page recently began
seeing a change in its text, which had previously stated that the
Verizon Nexus One was coming soon, but now reads: “For Verizon’s
network, you can buy the Droid Incredible by HTC, a powerful
Android phone and similarly feature-packed cousin of the Nexus
One.”

“Verizon Wireless, the mobile phone joint venture between
Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, will begin offering the
well-reviewed HTC Incredible on April 29. HTC also makes the Nexus
One for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), which first launched in January of
this year on the T-Mobile network. Since then, Google has expanded
to offer an AT&T version of the phone, with a Sprint phone
coming soon.”

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