Remember those fights on the playground in elementary school, where you were going for the last swing, only to be cut off by another boy who said something along the lines of "no, I was here first!"? Well, the playground fight scene happens between companies as well. In an interview with Swedish publication Sydsvenskan, Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg admitted that Google approached the company and asked them to build the Nexus One first, to which they politely declined. Nordberg went on to explain that Sony Ericsson is committed to building company-branded hardware only, and will not be a subcontractor to any company.
So, let's think here...this is a company that just shuttered several regional offices, reported a fourth-quarter loss, and has an Android device that ships later in the year. Sure, HTC didn't get a huge amount of publicity from the Nexus One launch (save for some initial issues with the device and an HTC logo at the bottom of the phone), but it helped the bottom line. Food for thought...
Via Engadget