Google, which broke mobile industry practice last year by offering the Nexus One smartphone for sale exclusively on its website, has received its last shipment of the device for online sale.

Once the fresh inventory is sold out, the Nexus One won't be available anymore from Google, though it will still be sold by some mobile operator partners, according to a post on the official Nexus One blog on Friday.

The phone will still be sold by some carrier partners, including Vodafone in Europe and KT in South Korea, and Google will continue to provide support for existing devices, the blog post said. Developers will still be able to buy a Nexus One by logging into Google's Android Market Publisher site and going through a partner company, Google said.

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