Only a day after Google announced that it was offering an AT&T-compatible version of its Nexus One smartphone, Sprint has announced that the phone will be headed to its network as well.
While there are no details on when the phone will be available on Sprint, the carrier confirmed that it won’t be selling the Nexus One in stores. Instead, you’ll have to buy it directly from Google. There are no pricing details either, but I would suspect something similar to Google’s deal with T-Mobile — which makes the Nexus One $179 with a two-year contract, or $529 purchased on its own.
The announcement isn’t exactly surprising, since we know that the Nexus One will be showing up on Verizon sometime this spring. Both Verizon and Sprint use the same wireless technology for their networks (CDMA), which makes it trivial for Google to bring the device to Sprint.
The news also means that Google now has a spot on all four major mobile networks for the Nexus One, and potentially its successors. Meanwhile, Apple has still yet to release the iPhone outside of AT&T — even though it has long been rumored to bring it to Verizon.
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This is the high-end of Google’s Android takeover. Over the next few years, we’ll be seeing Android popping up on many inexpensive smartphones, and eventually traditional cellphones as well.
