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Perhaps Google's removal of the Nexus One on Verizon is them finally admitting that they can't handle end-user retail. Letting Verizon stores handle sales will benefit the spread of Android.

If they've removed the Nexus One from Verizon, that's because Verizon delayed it and wouldn't work with Google to get it approved on their network. How else would the Incredible get through before it? It's pretty annoying. I see this as a victory for the cell carriers' status quo, which isn't a good thing.

Anyway, I agree that it wouldn't make much sense to have the Incredible and the Nexus One on the same network, but I don't see how much they would have competed with each other, since the Nexus One wouldn't even be mentioned in stores.

Oh well, at least in this case the consumer doesn't lose out entirely. At least the Incredible is a really nice phone (some say nicer than the Nexus One).
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Matt