Announced earlier was two new mobile smartphones named the KIN ONE and KIN TWO, so NOT the Nexus One on Verizon.

This means the release date for the Google phone on Verizon is still a mystery. The Microsoft KIN ONE and KIN TWO will release on Verizon Wireless early May 2010.

Source: Phones Review.

Here is why Cody Willard thinks Google’s gonna kill the Nexus One and their entire cell phone sales business sometime this year or next:
1. Retailing hardware isn’t what business Google is in.
2. They don’t wanna compete against their partners.
3. Google’s damaging its brand name.
4. The Nexus One is a stupid name anyway.
5. The cell phone business will hurt Google’s gross margins.

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