{"id":334823,"date":"2010-02-18T09:19:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T14:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5474621"},"modified":"2010-02-18T09:19:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T14:19:14","slug":"sony-ericsson-google-like-totally-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-first-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/334823","title":{"rendered":"Sony Ericsson: Google, Like, Totally Asked Us to Build the Nexus One First [Confirmed]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/bertnordberg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_bertnordberg.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>Okay, <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #sonyericsson\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/sonyericsson\/\">Sony Ericsson<\/a> CEO <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #bertnordberg\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/bertnordberg\/\">Bert Nordberg<\/a>, here&#8217;s the deal: if you&#8217;re going to spill the details of backroom discussions that never panned out, be sure the story at least makes you look good. Because this <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #nexusone\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/nexusone\/\">Nexus One<\/a> ditty does not!<\/p>\n<p>Nordberg was speaking to Swedish publication <em>Sydsvenskan<\/em> when he confirmed that Google had first approached Sony Ericsson to be its Nexus One hardware partner, and that Sony Ericsson cold refused. Apparently Sony Ericsson would rather compete in the US exclusively with their own products. So let&#8217;s see how that turned out, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>The Nexus One, despite <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5465326\/nexus-one-sales-continue-to-lag-just-80000-in-first-month\">lackluster sales<\/a>, has established itself as <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5443835\/nexus-one-review\">the best Android phone<\/a> out there. More importantly, it&#8217;s given manufacturer <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/htc\">HTC<\/a> huge boosts in reputation and recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, sad Sony Ericsson has yet to release an Android phone in the US. Whoops? Maybe Bert Nordberg is just that desperate to <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5473769\/an-interesting-product-would-probably-work\">become a trending topic<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=y&#038;prev=_t&#038;hl=en&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;layout=1&#038;eotf=1&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fsydsvenskan.se%2Fekonomi%2Farticle630895%2FSony-Ericsson-nobbade-Googles-mobilsatsning.html&#038;sl=sv&#038;tl=en\">Sydsvenskan<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/02\/18\/sony-ericsson-ceo-google-asked-us-to-build-the-nexus-one-we-re\/\">Engadget<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=8e0e72869fd2738b0ab70478532bb215&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=8e0e72869fd2738b0ab70478532bb215&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=dp5ZRS0ZZEI:oOS05DFBiW8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/dp5ZRS0ZZEI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg, here&#8217;s the deal: if you&#8217;re going to spill the details of backroom discussions that never panned out, be sure the story at least makes you look good. Because this Nexus One ditty does not! Nordberg was speaking to Swedish publication Sydsvenskan when he confirmed that Google had first approached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}