Google Nexus One Hits U.S. Retail Store for $300

From eWeek: Google's Nexus One smartphone, based on Android 2.1, is now available from T-Mobile affiliate i wireless for $299.95 at more than 250 retail locations. I wireless is the first of what could be many retailers to offer the Nexus One in a reversal for Google, which began selling the Nexus One Jan. 5 for $179.95 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile or unlocked for $529. That experiment didn't work, so Google has turned to retailers to get the device to consumers.

Google's Nexus One smartphone, the Android 2.1-based device the company initially offered solely through its Webstore in January, is now at retail stores in the United States.

But it's not at Best Buy, Radio Shack or the usual consumer electronics shops. T-Mobile affiliate i wireless said it has begun offering the Nexus One for $299.95 and a couple other Android devices under the "I Am Android" marketing slogan.

The Urbandale, Iowa-based retailer is now selling the Nexus One, HTC Hero ($99.95) and Motorola Milestone ($149.95) through its i wireless Website and at more than 250 retail locations.

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