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I have to admit I have always been a bit of a cynic generally. Never one to follow trend and usually the one arguing against something for the sake of arguing. Part devils advocate, part fighting for the underdog. Apple used to annoy me as their product owners seemed to have an air of eliteness which got my goat. This all changed recently with the purchase of a Macbook Pro. I began to understand why the majority of the people I admired technically used OS-X as their development environment of choice and it had nothing to do with the 'coolness' perceived around what they used. It just works and I 'get it' now. In the mobile world I loathed iPhone users and their evangelical preaching. I had an Android Google G1 and as a developer knew it is technically superior but voicing my theory was pointless as the iPhone's interface made any argument seem hollow. I bit the bullet and purchased an iPhone 3GS, firstly to keep my hobbyist development cross platform, and secon...