Google has discontinued the sale of their Nexus One phone, well because they’re sold out!

You can only purchase the units officially through KT and Vodacom in South Korea.

Sprint has not announced a release date or the pricing for the phone yet.

Fared Adib, Sprint vice president for product development, in a statement said,

“Nexus One is a powerful device that belongs on a powerful network. This is another step in our continued partnership of innovation with Google”

Earlier this month, there were rumours of Google releasing the NexusOne on Verizon’s network. At this point, it appears as if it’s simply that, a rumour.

Rumours online seem to indicate HTC and Google(GOOG) have started shipping the Nexus One phone, which is due to go on sale at Verizon (VZ) this spring.

Google has said it will sell the phone online for $179 USD with a Verizon contract. Google is currently exclusively selling a T-Mobile version of the Nexus One online.

Canadian CDMA carriers Bell and Telus can release the Google Nexus One north of the border by spring or summer if they wanted to. There’s obviously no news from either Canadian carriers, so it’s just pure speculation. It wouldn’t be a surprise as Telus and Bell’s CDMA network operate on the same technology and frequency as Verizon’s network in the United States.

This service will be upto 1 Gigabit in speed in certain areas.

Here’s a comparison: The average high speed internet connection on Bell is approxmately 5 Mbps and on Rogers 10 Mbps Google’s fibre broadbad service will be offer speeds around 1000 Mbps.

Product managers Minnie Ingersoll and James Kelly said,

“Our goal is to experiment with new ways to help make internet access better and faster for everyone,

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Google’s NexusOne Blog released information about a software update that will be pused to NexusOne devices over the next few days.

Here is the post from there blog artcile:

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features, and fixes a few problems that some users might have experienced, including:

• Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use your Nexus One camera to start searching the web
• Google Maps: the Maps application with be updated to a new version, Google Maps 3.4, which will include:
  • Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com – access your favorite places from your phone or computer
  • Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history – makes it easy to search for places you’ve searched for before
  • Night mode in Google Maps Navigation – automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving
• Pinch-to-zoom functionality: devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone’s Browser, Gallery and Maps applications
• 3G connectivity: we will provide a general fix to help improve 3G connectivity on some Nexus One phones

In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users might not receive the notification until the end of the week. We hope you enjoy these new features and look forward to your feedback.