If your Google Nexus One feels a little naked in your hand, HTC has your back because it is selling multiple accessories for the original Android “superphone.”
When you hop over to HTC’s page, you can find a Nexus One travel charger, car charger, multiple cases, holster, stereo headphones, a car holder to turn the handset into a full-blown personal navigation device with Google Navigation and a full desktop dock.
It’s good to see the Android handset still getting some love, as it has been quite a wild ride for the Google Nexus One. The superphone was first introduced at the beginning of the year with big, game-changing goals: Google wanted to reinvent the way we purchased phones (in the United States) by buying the handset first and then choosing the carrier they want. Everyone seemed to be on board too, as it launched with a subsidized T-Mobile option and AT&T, Verizon and Sprint pledging support.
But then things went wrong for the N1. Some users complained about the level of support they were getting from the search giant, news came out about an additional fee to Google if you canceled your contract and then Sprint and Verizon dropped the phone in favor of its own branded Android handsets like the EVO 4G and DROID Incredible.
The search behemoth saw the writing on the wall and, to its credit, killed off its online web store for the N1. The search giant revived the Android N1 but you have to be a developer.
Ultimately, I think Google was either naive in its mission with the Nexus One or decided it wasn’t worth the financial strain. The U.S. cell technology makes the unlocked market extremely difficult off the bat but if the Google Nexus One had a pentaband radio with AT&T and T-Mobile support, it may have been a bit more successful. Additionally, the search giant could have ate some of the costs of the device to get it out there, as a $300 unlocked Android Nexus One that could work on two major carriers would have been sweet.
As it was, the N1 was a $500+ phone that only worked on one carrier’s 3G network and Google just became a pricey middleman.
I know we have a ton of N1 owners out there, let me know what you think in the comments.
[Via HTC, hat tip to Phonescoop]