Verizon drops plan to offer Nexus One
Published 5:00 am Tuesday, April 27, 2010
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless retreated Monday from plans to offer service for Google’s Nexus One phone.
Until Monday morning, Google’s website showed that the Nexus One would be available through Verizon in spring of 2010. The site now points Verizon users seeking phones that run Google’s Android operating system to HTC’s Incredible model.
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Without a Verizon partnership, Google loses access to the carrier’s more than 90 million customers, potentially blocking the phone from gaining more widespread popularity and hurting its competition with Apple’s iPhone. The breakdown of the deal signals that Verizon may view Google as a competitor rather than a partner when it comes to Nexus One sales, said analyst Colin Gillis at BGC Partners in New York.