When it was introduced the Nexus One was the fastest, best and coolest Android smartphone around. The Nexus One was first to get the Android 2.2 Froyo update and now it's the first Google dev phone to sell-out at $529 a pop.
The Google webstore sans carrier intervention did not work out well and the carriers chose to support their own Android smartphones, Verizon opted for the Droid Incredible that sold-out within a few days of launch. After closing its webstore, Google offered unlocked News One Android smartphones to developers, who snapped then up in no time.
"we blew through the (substantial) initial inventory in almost no time,
and they're back-ordered from HTC, who are doing a pretty good job of
managing runaway success amid a worldwide AMOLED shortage. Everyone
appreciates that it's important to the platform to get phones in the
hands of developers, so we're working hard on re-stocking the shelves;
stand by."
The Nexus One has been
profitable for Google.
The Google Nexus One received excellent
reviews,
and then "issues" appeared with long waits for email support and
touchiness with the touchscreen, which have been fixed.
The
Nexus One received a high-powered
update with new features including multi-touch in the browser and
maps. It now has voice to text filling in fields as well as
turn-by-turn
navigation.
The Nexus One was sold in AT&T and T-Mobile
versions and never made it to Verizon which offered the HTC
Droid Incredible, instead.
The sales of the Nexus One
were available in a webstore, then went
retail then vanished.