This is the third trend I've seen in the last ten days that indicates the Android platform and devices are seeing a big surge in adoption and usage right now. The first was a report from AdMob that ads served to Android apps saw a huge increase over the last few months. The second was a report that the number of Android devices being used on the major wireless carriers had seen a jump since November from 3 to 9 percent while Palm and Windows Mobile devices had declined and new Blackberry and IPhone adoption had remained relatively flat. Now we have news that the number of apps in the Android Market nearly doubled between February and March.

It looks we're seeing the beginning of the Android platform and devices jumping the gap between early adopters to mainstream mobile device users.