Google Says Farewell to the Nexus One

Google announced today in a blog post that it has "received [its] last shipment of Nexus One phones," and noted that once it sells through these devices, "the Nexus One will no longer be available online from Google." What Google's blog post doesn't say is what this means for the future of the Nexus One, and the future of Google-branded phones in particular.

Google launched the Nexus One with much fanfare earlier this year, calling it a "superphone" that would be the first in "a series of devices" that Google planned to bring to market. But the Nexus One didn't quite live up to the hype; while the phone earned respectable reviews, it failed to sell as well as had been expected. Sprint even canceled its previously-announced plans to offer the device, and Google decided to close the Web store it had launched to sell the Nexus One.

Now, it seems the Nexus One has come to the end of its road. Google says that customer support will still be offered for Nexus One owners, and notes that the phone will continue to be sold by partners in other countries. What Google doesn't say is whether it will develop a follow-up device to the Nexus One, and whether that line of Google devices will ever materialize.

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