is there supposed to be a political correlation here?
Just an economic one. Apple Stores are generally only found in high-rent areas and in "nicer" malls. As I've told a friend, if you're walking past an iPad billboard in Los Angeles, you're in a real upscale neighborhood.
Interesting. Here in Thailand everybody's got a Smart phone (I don't know if they're apples or some kind of initiative brand.. like what, Samsung?) - the great majority of my students have smartphones, and play with them continuously. It doesn't seem that up-market as I think most of them have allowances of just $150-300/month.
