• The Register (UK), Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:42 PM

Analysts continue to have high hopes for Google's mobile operating system, but its future as phone maker looks shaky at best. Indeed, Google has sold just 135,000 Nexus One phones since its debut at the beginning of the year, according to new data from mobile analytics firm Flurry. The estimate covers the handset's first 74 days on the market. In stark contrast, Apple sold a million iPhones in its first 74 days. Motorola, meanwhile, managed to sell over a million Droid in that time.

Why has the Nexus One sold so poorly? Well, it's only online through Google's handset store. Also, it's officially only available in three countries. Still, "when you consider the exceedingly-ridiculous hype generated by the Googlephone launch, you'd have to say that sales are on the umimpressive side," remarks The Register. Last week, Goldman Sachs downgraded its Nexus One sales estimates from 3.5 million just 1 million by the end of the year.

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