Google Phone Get Its Own Holiday Game. Nexus One Users Only.

Those Googlers are apparently having quite a bit of fun with their new Google Phones (aka Nexus One). From the looks of it, they've set up some sort of holiday game that's a twist on the game memory. But the catch is that you can only access this game from the Nexus One, any other device will be forwarded to the standard Android homepage.

If you visit this URL, you should see a quick flash of the game's rules before you're redirected. But if you're on the Nexus One, the rules page would remain. It reads:

Welcome to Nexus One!For some festive fun, we've put a new twist on a classic game: "Memory"Click on "Start Game" and you will have 5 seconds to memorize the placement of 12 pairs of cards. After 5 seconds, the cards will be flipped face down.Your goal is to find all 12 matching pairs as quickly as possibleJust tap on a card to flip it overContinue flipping cards until all matches are foundStart Game

Digging into the code of this page reveals that it is in fact sniffing to see if your device is the Nexus One. If not, it does the redirect.

Nice of Google to spread the holiday cheer with a game that only they can play. They even made their own festive Android icons for it (right). Bah humbug.

[thanks Alberto]