Gizmodo reported they got some pricing information on the new Google Nexus One phone that's going to be released on Jan 5, 2010, so far this is what we know.  

• Yeah, it's $530 unsubsidized. Google's not going to be selling the phone at cost, like so many people considered. They're not going to save us from the "making money off of hardware" culture we've got right now, so this is basically just another Android handset, albeit a really good one
• If you want it subsidized, you'll have to sign up for a 2 year mandatory contract and pay $180 for the phone
• There's only one rate plan: $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 total
• Existing customers cannot keep their plan if they want a subsidized phone; they have to change to the one plan, and this only applies to accounts with one single line
• If that doesn't fly with you, you have to buy the $530 unlocked version-this actually might save you money over two years if you already have a cheap plan
• Family plans, Flexpay, SmartAccess and KidConnect subscribers must buy the phone unlocked and unsubsidized for $530
• You can only buy five Nexus One phones per Google account
• There is language in the agreement of shipping outside the US
• Google will sell it at google.com/phone, which explains what they were doing with that page a few weeks ago
• Google will still call it the Nexus One apparently, and not the Google Phone

Check out the whole story at gizmodo.com

NYtimes.com Article By MIGUEL HELFT Published: January 5, 2010

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google stepped up its attack on the mobile phone industry on Tuesday, introducing a new touchscreen phone called Nexus One to compete with the iPhone.

The device, which was built by HTC, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, has a 3.7-inch screen and runs the latest version of Google's Android operating system. It is just 11.5 millimeters thin, or about the thickness of a No. 2 pencil, and weighs 130 grams, or no more than a small Swiss Army knife, said Erick Tseng, a senior product manager. It has a 5-megapixel camera and an LED flash and can shoot both still images and video.

"The Nexus One is an exemplar of what is possible with Android on mobile phones," Mario Queiroz, a vice president for product management at Google, said during a news conference at Google's headquarters here.

Read the rest of the article at NYTimes.com

Some Google Nexus One owners  at XDA developers forum are getting another Over the Air update for Android 2.2.   We know that google gave only nexus ones an Android 2.2 updates last week, but it was pushing another another update yesterday.

We are not sure what this update will do or any improvements or features it added.  But you can follow this topics for any update.s

Posted by Jameslegg:

FRF91 OTA just turned up on my un-rooted nexus one - not sure whats included, I already had the FRF85B OTA update earlier this week to take me from my manually (but officially google sourced) beta builds of FROYO iAnybody else seen this?

Cheers
James

source: xda-developers

Verizon has cut the price of both Microsoft Kin models. The Kin Two, seen here, drops from $99 to $49.  Over the weekend, Verizon quietly cut the price of both Kins. The lower-end Kin One dropped from $49 to $29, while the Kin Two went from $99 to $49. Those prices require users to sign a new two-year contract and agree to a $29 or higher monthly data plan, in addition to voice service.

Despite a significant TV ad campaign, the phones have gotten comparatively scant attention since their launch. The Kin, designed to target a similar demographic as the Sidekick, has faced steep competition from the iPhone and other smartphones, which don't cost any more per month and offer the ability to run thousands of applications.

I think Microsoft needs to get its act together and produce better phones in order to have a chance in this super competive mobile world, otherwise I think they will be disappearing from the Smartphone chart by this time next year.

source: cnet