Google undercutting their hardware partners would be suicide for future phone wins. Moreover, since Google doesn't do their own hardware, this would surely be t

Google undercutting their hardware partners would be suicide for future phone wins. Moreover, since Google doesn't do their own hardware, this would surely be the last time HTC partnered with them and they'd be up a creek for future hardware designs. Google only cares about things with a data connection, and I firmly believe that WiFi only devices are a small enough market that they're just a distraction for the big names right now -- except Apple, since the iPod touch kind of bridged an established product with the at-the-time new phone platform.