Google's Nexus One Seen As Boosting Competition In Smartphone Market.

Google's Nexus one Seen As Boosting Competition In Smartphone Market.

The New York Times (1/6, B8, Helft) reports Google introduced Tuesday "a new touch-screen handset called Nexus one that is widely seen as a rival to Apple's iPhone," stepping "up its attack on the smartphone market." Google "said that it would sell the Nexus one, which it called a superphone, exclusively through a new online store." The Internet giant, "which earns the vast majority of its revenue from advertising," noted "it was dipping its toes in the direct retailing business not to reap profits from the sale of phones but to broaden the availability of handsets running its Android software."