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Check out the Android forums.  It will be in there.  A CDMA version of the Nexus 1 is supposed to be ready in the Spring according to HTC and Google.  There is a lot of speculation as to why Spring but I think the CDMA chipset for that processor is only recently finished or not quite done so it still needs some testing and tweeking.  The cool thing is from what I read and I believe it was on the HTC site or the Qualcomm site is that the CDMA version is actually supposed to be a CDMA and GSM chipset so it could technically be available unlocked and useable on any of the major US networks.  I haven't heard anything official but I suspect Verizon will subsidize it once it is released.  Though I don't stand by that.  I believe that the way it is set up (i.e. as a part of the Google store instead of for sale on the networks) means it will work like an Open innitiative device so it will be up to HTC and Google to handle support so it could be really good for verizon having hot talked about awesome phones without the hassle.  Interestingly my wife's blackberry is already supported by Best Buy instead of Verizon so if she has a problem she would go to them instead.  Depending on how Google works it this could be good for everyone.  Personally i think the combination of Google opening a phone store to sell unlocked and subsidized phones, and Qualcomm developing a multi-network capable chipset with good battery life and outstanding performance will make for a lot of really cool devices and could lead to something mutually benificial for a change. 

Technically nothing in this thread is Black berry related but in the interest of answering the question.