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Well, it looks like the Nexus One isn’t coming to Verizon after all. Don’t know what the logic is there, but given that Google is actually pimping the Droid Incredible on the Nexus One ordering page, one suspects that the Nexus One in CDMA form is less capable than what will be out there later. It’s also very possible that Verizon was not amenable to the notion of ordering a phone elsewhere and using it on their network, where by “very possible” I mean “I would bet my house, my car and my testicles”. It’s not like you can easily pop back and forth between networks, or like Verizon offers monthly service without a 2-year contract, so there’s no percentage in paying $530 up front when you have to eat a contract anyway.

Couple that with the whole “we’re not doing any more work on the 3G” reports coming out about the Nexus One, and you can make a good case that, as we always said, I need to wait until the contract is up in September before making a decision on which way the phone should go. More than ever, though, it does look like it’s going to be the new iPhone, and the combination of iPhone OS 4 features and presumptive iPhone HD hardware modifications make that a worthwhile wait. Now if it would just come unlocked so I could get it on a Euro SIM for travel…

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