Late Christmas Present: The Google Phone, or “Nexus One,” is really happening, says an internal T-Mobile memo. “Interestingly, T-Mobile calls out that Google and HTC will be directly responsible for support on the handset, bypassing T-Mobile for everything other than wireless service–the great ‘dumb pipe’ dream, realized,” notes Engadget. Gizmodo has more leaked screenshots, and reports, “Yeah, it’s $530 unsubsidized. Google’s not going to be selling the phone at cost, like so many people considered…this is basically just another Android handset, albeit a really good one.”

Android Central wonders if the Nexus One will be available in brick-and-mortar stores. Google is holding a press event on January 5 (via MobileCrunch), so maybe more details will be available then. And this isn’t the last phone we’ll see from Google: “Google makes you acknowledge that the manufacturer of the phone is HTC and NOT Google,” writes Phandroid. “Maybe they’re leaving that ‘Google Phone’ door open.”

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