"Google will begin selling its own, unlocked smartphone running its Android platform sometime next year, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The device, which is being called Nexus One, will be made by HTC and will be sold online without wireless service. Customers will have to buy service separately, according to the report that cited unnamed sources familiar with the matter...
Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin wrote in a blog post. 'If subscribers can get a cutting-edge handset from Google, shop for the best plan, and take that handset to another provider as soon as a better service offer comes out, carriers will have to re-think what loyalty means.'"
