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Google: Nexus One Not Exactly Jumping Off The Shelves
By ERIC SAVITZ

Alas, the Google (GOOG) Nexus One smart phone is looking like a bust.

Certainly, it is nowhere near as popular as the first edition Apple (AAPL) iPhone, according to data from Flurry Inc., which were reported by Bloomberg.

Flurry notes that it took Apple 74 days to sell the first 1 million iPhones in 2007. The Android-based Nexus One in its first 74 days - it hits that mark on Friday - will have sold about 135,000 phones.

The slow sales in part likely reflects Google’s decision to sell the phone exclusively via its own Web site; Apple had a strong selling partner in AT&T (T), which to this day remains the exclusive U.S. carrier for the iPhone.

Flurry adds that the Motorola (MOT) Droid, another Android-based phone, sold at a similar rate to the first iPhone, with sales of about 1 million units in the first 74 days.

The Nexus One, which is actually manufactured by HTC, is $179 with a 2-year contract from T-Mobile, or $529 unlocked.