That is basically what happened, but most people considered that a "death" of sorts since you could no longer get it direct from Google. I broke down and bough

That is basically what happened, but most people considered that a "death" of sorts since you could no longer get it direct from Google. I broke down and bought one w/o a contract literally about a day before they announced it - it's the best phone I've ever had the chance to really mess with, hands-down. Plus Goggles is a great party trick.