I'm in America, an American, and not Asian. I find what apple is doing repulsive. - They are using highly questionable patents to discourage competition, are ruling their ecosystem like a fascist regime, - forcing you to swallow their whole stack to work with any part of their ecosystem (e.g. you can only build ios apps on mac) - their bundled applications suck (damn the "rainbow wait wheel" - making disposable laptops, ipods, and iphones which is counter to the environment and very anti-consumer but pro apple pocketbook.

And all this is especially funny when you look back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

Although that article is definitely not substantiating their bias it's just a shame that brand marketing here has so clearly pulled the proverbial wool over the American public's eyes.

Home team advantage. Apple gets good reviews in the US (once you ignore the tech blogs), Samsung gets favorable press throughout Asia, and Nokia might having a fighting chance with Windows Phone 8 in Europe. I've seen lots of ads for the N920.