It's not a step function, it's just very very rapid growth. It helps if you think of the G1 and Android 1.0 (first 5-6 quarters) as "Android Beta", since it cou

It's not a step function, it's just very very rapid growth. It helps if you think of the G1 and Android 1.0 (first 5-6 quarters) as "Android Beta", since it could not even play to its intended strengths (different devices and carriers). Also, these kinds of observations don't make much sense - neither company discloses anything more than carefully worded tidbits. End-of-quarter sales numbers are the way to go.