Landmark mobile devices such as Google’s Nexus One will always get a sequel; after all, this is the very first Google phone that the world has ever seen. It even comes with a high-speed Snapdragon processor and has some amazing voice-recognition features. So why is Google so keen on moving on to the next device at such an early stage?
The answer may be in the fact that the Nexus One is doing pretty badly in terms of sales. Honestly, if Google wanted it to succeed, they should just have stores retail and network operators subsidize their phones instead of isolating sales channels through the online store.
Anyway, that aside, there are now reports –and rumors about a new Nexus device. Enter the Motorola Shadow, a keyboard toting, large screened mobile phone that is being considered by many as the Nexus Two.
Motorola made its mark in the Android history by being the first company to release an Android 2.0 device (DROID in the US and later renamed and launched as Milestone in the UK). While no explanations has been given as to why Motorola had dibs on the (then) new Android OS, it comes as to no surprise that their close ties to Google now has the company making the second Google phone. HTC, maker of the first Nexus One, has its ties to Google with the very first Android phone, the HTC Dream (known now as the G1).
While neither Motorola nor Google has confirmed that the Shadow will indeed be the new Nexus phone, the keyboard-bearing Android is in line with earlier reports that the next device to follow the Nexus One would be an enterprise edition model that would have a QWERTY keyboard.
Regardless if this new device becomes a Google branded Nexus sequel or simply Motorola’s latest addition to the Android line, this supped-up Milestone will definitely be a device worth having.
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