Google Nexus One to Debut This Week

By Allen Tsai | Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:24 am

Google is expected to unveil the Nexus One, its own smartphone, tomorrow -- in a bid to follow rival Apple and expand its brand in the growing mobile industry.

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The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has already gained a foothold in the industry with its Android operating system.

But the Nexus One, designed by Taiwan handset maker HTC, is the search giant's first Google-branded phone -- sold directly to customers without being tied to any one carrier.

Apple's iPhone, for example, is sold exclusively through AT&T, but Nexus One buyers will have their choice of carriers.

The handset is rumored to cost $530 without a specific carrier or $180 with a two-year T-Mobile contract.

The company has given employees prototypes of the Nexus One to test before launch.

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