For the wrong reasons, Google's overhyped Android phone, the Nexus One, is within the headlines. Verizon was the first to prick the Nexus One bubble when it announced last month it wouldn’t make the Nexus One accessible. This week, the Sprint and Nexus One pairing right away vaporized. Sprint axed Nexus One after previously saying it would carry the device. Depending on who’s talking, Verizon and Sprint snubbing Nexus One is either one of technology’s greatest failures, or a trivial misstep that does not really matter.
Google web store Nexus One
The Nexus One failure seems to be obvious. Google wanted the Nexus One to be accessible solely in the Google web store. As reported on eWeek, Some experts do think the Google web store Nexus One model is clear evidence that carriers aren’t interested in supporting a device that can’t sell in their own retail stores. Other experts think that the Nexus One was simply eclipsed by better Android phones.
Nexus One Sprint
Things were looking up for Google web store Nexus One sales just a few months ago. PC World reports that in mid-March, Sprint said they would carry a CDMA version of Google’s Nexus One sometime later this year. Sprint dropped the Nexus One on Monday. Sprint said it would support the upcoming HTC EVO 4G Android phone instead. Sprint may have chosen the HTC EVO 4G because it has a larger display than the Nexus One, runs on Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network and also features the HTC Sense UI. The fact that you couldn’t use your short term loans to purchase a Nexus One from Sprint probably didn’t help.
Nexus One and Verizon
The Nexus One/Verizon deal has flopped thanks to the HTC Incredible Android phone. Both the Incredible and Google Nexus One have the very same specs. The Incredible runs Android 2.1 like the Nexus One. What is the difference between the two devices? The Droid Incredible actually runs HTC's revised Sense UI. Informationweek.com reports the newer version of Sense makes using the Android platform a seamless experience.
The Nexus One and the Android advantage
Everyone likes a winner, and the Nexus One reputation suffered from initial 3G connectivity bugs and low sales figures. PC World said that the sole remaining advantage Nexus One has over Incredible and EVO is its direct tie to Google’s speedy OS update process. On the HTC Sense UI, updates can take months to reach users.
Android thriving without Nexus One
Is Nexus One a failure? As it turns out, some analysts think the device had run its course and Google is better off without the Nexus One. After being rejected by major carriers, the Nexus One is likely to be done. All rivals run on Android though which Google doesn't mind. And all the media about smartphone competition, of all things, has raised the profile of Android to the point that Android phones really outsold Apple’s iPhone last month.
Sources
eWeek
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Google-Nexus-One-Not-a-Failure-Despite-Slights-By-Sprint-Verizon-409079/
PC World reports
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196022/why_sprint_and_verizon_nixed_the_nexus_one.html
Informationweek.com
http://www.informationweek.com/newshome/index.jhtml;jsessionid=1U2VTTNH0NJJRQE1GHPCKH4ATMY32JVN
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