Walmart will be selling the Nexus One?

After the poor success of the Nexus One, Google might be rethinking its marketing strategy. Previously, the Nexus One was only to be purchased directly through Google; but now, a webpage has surfaced on Walmart’s website that states that the Nexus One is “coming soon.”

Walmart responded with the following statement claiming its error:
[QUOTE]Due to a technical error, this item erroneously was displayed on our site. We’re working with our partner Let’s Talk to have it removed as quickly as possible. We have no plans to carry Nexus One in Walmart stores or online at Walmart.com at this time.[/QUOTE]

But I’m calling them out on this one. The page was created on purpose. It’s not like they just accidentally typed in all the specs and added pictures for the Nexus One instead of another phone. So it seems to me that there are three different options of why this has happened.

1)Walmart will be selling the Nexus One.
2)A disgruntled employee at Let’s Talk is having a little fun.
3)The website has become self-aware and knows that the best option for mankind is to sell the Nexus One.

If we look past this statement and into some of the specs, we find some interesting things. If you scroll down to the “Network Technology” section, you will see a long list of of various number/letter combination’s. In this list, there are two sets of numbers and letters that interest us. Specifically, 1xEvDO and UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900. The first, is Sprint and Verizon 3G; and the second is AT&T 3G. So that means that we can look forward to seeing the Nexus One on the Sprint and AT&T networks too! Finally, something for us poor Sprint users…

Among some of the rumors about this webpage comes one from Phone Inferno that is claiming Walmart will be offering the Nexus One for $99 under a 2-year contract. So from $179 to $99… It seems not even Google is shielded from the giant price changes all recent phones go through these days.

Read [AndroidandMe]