Google Nexus One Said To Cost $530 Unlocked

by admin December 31, 2009 at 6:30 pm

The HTC handset, expected to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, may represent a unified platform for the Google Android smartphone.

With Google poised to unveil its Nexus One mobile phone next week, the $530 unlocked handset ($180 subsidized by T-Mobile) is already taking the wind out of the sails of other exhibitors at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Google hasn’t said much about the phone, but enough information has leaked out to produce a profile of the HTC-built phone. It will operate on GSM networks, meaning the Nexus One could also work on AT&T’s network, but not on Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel networks.

Qualcomm’s fast Snapdragon processor is slated to power the Nexus One, which raises the question whether Qualcomm’s chief operating officer, Len Lauer, will be involved in the Nexus One. Lauer has worked closely with Google on its Android Open Handset Alliance, but is scheduled to leave Qualcomm Thursday to become CEO of another as-yet unnamed firm. Lauer’s predecessor in the Qualcomm COO post, Sanjay Jha, left to become co-CEO at Motorola, where he has been directing that firm’s Android project.

Read more: informationweek.com