Interviewed on Friday analysts were divided over just what to make of the new Nexus One smartphones that Google is busy having workers testing internally. The question being asked is, is this going to kill Android or actually make it.

It would appear that Google is moving to see if they are capable of doing the Apple thing. The Apple iPhone continues to dominate the smartphone market, mainly because the Californian company controls the customer experience.

Canada based Research In Motion rules the business market with a similar approach., from the initial design of handsets to programs available at the hugely successful App store online.

Both Google and HTC make the hardware for the Nexus One. If Google markets an unlocked phone, customers would face price premiums, due to the fact that telecom firms routinely subsidize hardware to get very lucrative multi year contracts. Source – google.com