The big question surrounding Google’s Android smartphone, the Nexus One, is whether Google will offer the Nexus One themselves and if so can they subsidise, and if they do subsidise, just how much it will be.
To take this a tad further the question arises, could Google actually offer the Nexus One for $0 as a free smartphone in an attempt to get their Android device into the hands of as many people as possible.
Well the guys over at android guys, have had a play around with this idea and say that Google does have a history of giving things away that they could easily charge for such as Google Maps Navigator which they believe monetisation will be gained via location based ads.
Then there’s targeted mobile advertising which Google is more than capable of handling the metrics and if anyone knows about advertising it’s got to be Google. So basically if Google used mobile advertising to their advantage it might just be possible for them to offer the Nexus One for free, although of course this is only speculation. One thing’s for sure if they did offer the Nexus One for $0 it would be a fast mover; what do you think?