Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:33 PM/EST
Mobile analytics company Flurry says Google sold only 20,000 units of the Nexus One in its first full week of selling it through its Webstore for $529 unlocked or $179 through T-Mobile with a two-year service contract. By comparison, Apple sold 1.6 million iPhone 3GSes in that device's first week. The Motorola Droid sold 250,000 units backed by a strong, cyborg-focused ad campaign. T-Mobile shipped 60,000 copies of the MyTouch 3G, the second Android device in the United States.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:55 PM/EST
According to Google's Nexus One Terms of Sale, consumers who buy a subsidized Nexus One through their carrier and cancel the account before 120 days must pay Google an Equipment Recovery Fee in addition to the Early Termination Fee paid to the carrier. Yes, Google is protecting its interests.
Saturday, January 09, 2010 12:01 AM/EST
Google has shipped me a loaner copy of the Nexus One smartphone to review and return in 30 days. In the loaner agreement, Google takes care to remind reviewers that the Federal Trade Commission wants us to disclose such arrangements, a nice legalese touch that gets them off the hook and places the onus squarely on the ethically sound shoulders of journalists.
Monday, August 17, 2009 1:46 PM/EST
Is the go-to-market strategy phone makers are practicing for issuing Google's Android smartphones destined for failure because it doesn't match the way Apple creates and sells its iPhone? It's too early to conclude the Android way won't ultimately work, but it's clear we need to see not just more phones, but better phones.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:53 AM/EST
Live Blogging: The T-Mobile-Google MyTouch 3G Launch event at the Skyline Studios on the west side in Manhattan.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:41 PM/EST
This is a major victory for Google and consumer advocacy groups who lobbied the Federal Communications Commission for open access. It may also be a sign that Google and Verizon are reviving talks regarding the Android stack...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:11 AM/EST
A few weeks ago, rumors of a Google browser captured the public's imagination, but that's a rumor that's been going around for a few years.The latest rekindled rumor, propagated yesterday in a blog post by Engadget's Ryan Block, is that Google is inching...
