14 DAY TRIAL // Nexus One, the first mobile phone launched on the market with Google's Android 2.1 operating system on board, and also the first device to be sold exclusively via the Internet giant's web store, will offer users the possibility to enjoy its features only on the airwaves of T-Mobile or AT&T in the United States. Although the handset was initially expected to arrive with support for Verizon Wireless and Sprint networks too, it seems that the CDMA flavor of Nexus One won't see the light of day in the end.
Several weeks ago, soon after Nexus One became available with support for AT&T's network, Sprint announced that its users would also be able to enjoy the Google phone, but it seems that those plans were scraped. A company's rep stated recently that Sprint wouldn't carry the Nexus One on its airwaves, and that the main reason for this move was the “upcoming availability of the award-winning Evo 4G,” set to offer a wider range of features to users, Gizmodo reports.
The move comes rather as a surprise. First of all, Sprint announced plans to have the Nexus One on its airwaves at about the same time when it officially unveiled the HTC EVO 4G, which means that it initially intended to have both devices available for its users. Secondly, the WiMAX-capable device is expected to be targeted at a different segment of the market than the Nexus One would have been, and the recent rumors regarding the possibility that there will be specific data plans put in place for EVO 4G suggest exactly the same.
However, there are still no specific details available on whether the decision of scraping that CDMA-capable Nexus One came from Sprint or Google. Considering the fact that, when announcing the availability of Nexus One via Vodafone in Europe, Google also announced that Verizon users should forget Nexus One and head over to DROID Incredible, it's highly possible that Sprint had nothing to do with the canceling of CDMA version's launch.