Google to abandon its Nexus One online store

Well, that didn't last long. Just four months after seeking to shake up the wireless world by selling its Android-based Nexus One phone direct over the Web, Google has cried uncle, announcing that it'll close its online store once it has "increased the availability" of the handset in regular retail stores.
"As with every innovation, some parts worked better than others," wrote Google engineering VP Andy Rubin in a blog post Friday. "While the global adoption of the Android platform has exceeded our expectations, the Web store has not." [Read more...]