Google (GOOG) To Focus Nexus One Sales At Retail Level

According to their blog, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) will be ceasing operations on the Nexus One web store "once we have increased the availability of Nexus One devices in stores." The company, as stated, will focus distribution through existing retail operations, and once a foothold is established worldwide, they will use the web store "to showcase a variety of Android phones available globally."

The news comes as Verizon (NYSE: VZ) dropped the idea of carrying the Nexus One in favor of the NTC Incredible, and Sprint is also focusing more on their 4G technology with the HTC EVO 4G. Both of the phone's run the Android O/S, and run better than the Nexus One would have.

Google should be losing nothing by shutting down the web store, as these other two devices, and plenty of others, are already expanding the Android reach across the globe. NPD Research recently put out a report that showed the Android O/S is continuing to gain market share in the U.S., and increased to 28% for the month of May, putting it solidly in front of Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) O/S, which came in with 21%. Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) still led with 36% market share.

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