Interesting Google search engine results for the term Google at the moment…Whilst they still maintain the number one spot (come on…it is their search engine after all) , they’re currently picking up a lot of negative PR over their Nexus One within their news results which appear above the number one listing.
Google has long been branching out into different avenues, like with its mobile Android OS, or [intlink id="298" type="post"]Chrome browser[/intlink], but the Nexus One phone marks the company’s first attempt at launching a physical electronic product. Unlike the T-Mobile G1 Google-phone, the Nexus One is fully marketed and sold by Google, though it is still manufactured by HTC.
Billed as a legitimate challenger to the iPhone 3GS‘ dominance, moreover, expectations for the Nexus One were certainly quite high. The current troubles plaguing the Google model, however, have less to do with hardware failures, and more to do with a lack of support.
This is potentially highly damaging for Google, especially as they are also trying to encourage take-up of their Chrome Browser and OS. Maybe taking on too much at the moment? I’m sure they’ll sort it out. In the meantime, I haven’t seen anything on the Nexus One that would make me want to choose it over an Iphone when my existing contract expires.