Google has been saying for some time to expect numerous Android models to hit the U.S. market. The Journal said the search giant is looking forward to seeing around 18 different models this year. Despite these announcements and predictions, so far only the G1 has appeared in the U.S.
The Nexus One could add Google's powerful imprimatur to an already budding movement to free customers from long contracts in exchange for higher upfront prices on mobile hardware.
Unlocked phones of varying quality are widely available online, Keiter points out. But what Google brings to the table is significant advertising power, brand cachet, and a product potentially enticing enough to hammer open mobile providers' "iron clad" control over what gadgets their customers can wield.
The Google Phone brings the power of the internet in your pocket, in a simple and intuitive device. It combines the traditional voice and SMS capabilities of phones with all the exciting Google services from the PC such as Search, Gmail, Maps, Blogger…
Google is supposedly in the process of testing its own phone and may be set to release it as early as 2010. The plan, according to the rumor mill, is to release the device without a carrier partner—a strategy that is near unheard of here in the US and could force some carriers to put up or shut up when it comes to welcoming just any device onto their networks
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