One of my pet peeve's in articles like this is to change the metrics midway. Specifically, all Nexus references are made to monthly sales. So you see things lik

One of my pet peeve's in articles like this is to change the metrics midway. Specifically, all Nexus references are made to monthly sales. So you see things like "600,000 per month" or "nearly 1 million per month" Switch to Apple sales and it's "15 million in Q3" Holy smoke that's huge compared to Nexus!! Yet imagine another headline stating "Nexus taking nearly 20% of marketshare from Apple iPad!" 1 million per month and ramping = 3 million a quarter which is 20% of 15 million and so forth. I have neither an iPad nor a Nexus 7 so no dog in this fight (MacBook Air and Nexus S phone) I just wanted to point out the annoyance when you use different measuring units within the one article. It can really distort the outlook. Final note - more impressive to me than the total number sold is the ramp. This is significant month over month momentum since launching. I suspect the iPad Mini - now that the wait is over- will either a) drive sales higher based on the price/value differential or b) knee cap momentum. Based purely on a sample case of 1 (me) I held off the Nexus 7 until the iPad Mini arrived. The iOS and ecosystem still beats Android but based on the price differential I'll go with the Nexus 7 now. The gaps that exist between the two are continuing to close due to where both are in their respective life cycles.