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Last week, Google received its last consignment of the ill destined Nexus One gadget. When this batch sells out, the gadget will no longer be accessible from Google.

The web giant closed its online retail store for the Nexus One earlier this year, when the shop front did less commerce than expected. But Google’s first raid into the own branded phone space has been something of a dreary experience from start to finish as the first ‘Google phone’ was quickly eclipsed by better Android-based gadgets.

That’s not to say this is the end of the Nexus One however. With the absence of another Google-backed inventiveness to take its place Google will still be offering the gadget to developers via the Android Market, while operator partners including Vodafone in Europe and KT in Korea will continue to offer the gadget “based on local market conditions”. There was no mention of T-Mobile USA, the first carrier to back the gadget.

Last week, during the company’s second quarter results meeting call, Jonathan Rosenberg, senior vice president of product management for Google, revealed that search grew 300 per cent on Android handsets through the first half of 2010, with related advertising giving the firm an important return on its investment.

The Google Nexus One has been likened to the HTC Desire quite a bit- probably because they’re virtually the same handset. But what if you want something a touch dissimilar? This is where the HTC Legend steps in- it’s been out in the UK for only a couple of months and isn’t as high spec as the Desire, but that means it isn’t as high-price. So how does the Legend compare to Nexus One? Let’s find out.

Comparison:
First and principal the HTC Legend is lesser than the Nexus One. With a screen size of 3.2 inches versus 3.7, it’s easier to watch a movie or surf the web on Google’s phone.

This also makes for a bit more first inexactness when typing out messages on the onscreen keyboard, but HTC has followed in Apple’s footprints in providing a plethora of spelling correction suggestions as you type.

The smaller screen does make the Legend an overall more portable gadget while, and it feels obviously less bulky than the Nexus One.

Both phones run Android, but HTC has differentiated its user interface by overlaying HTC Sense, which has been a success in many HTC Legend reviews.

With seven homescreens that you can arrange all of your widgets on, Sense is simply a joy to use, and you still feel like you have the level of customisability that Android was designed for.

At the Google I/O 2 days back we heard the statement of the novel operating system for Android handsets, specifically Android OS 2.2, universally dubbed Froyo. Yesterday in an editorial we told you how fluky HTC Droid Incredible owners will be able to upgrade to the recent OS, and also how customers queuing up for the HTC Evo 4G, out on June 4, will also be able to upgrade.

Today comes news however that the upgrade is now accessible already for Google’s own Nexus One smartphone, according to Ed Hardy over on Brighthand. Ok so it’s hardly surprising that it would be the first to get the upgrade but it’s still pretty quick after the announcement was made, so all you Nexus One owners should be very happy, particularly with the quicker speeds.

For those of you who don’t already know about the Android OS 2.2 you can look here for some of the attributes but a swift rundown comprises joining and mobile hotspot plus gadgets run on Flash 10.1. The Nexus One came in for some condemnation recently when Google stopped selling it from its online store and put it in the hands of trade outlets, but it’s still a good all-round phone with 3.7-inch AMOLED display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera and it supports T-Mobile or AT&T service.