Comment Ha. (Score 1) 365
> This has thankfully prevented it from becoming the language of choice in major outsourcing and offshoring destinations
> like India, Pakistan and Vietnam
A quick perusal of iPhone-related questions on Apple's discussion boards, or on stackoverflow.com, would quickly cure you of this belief. A lot of people at the "bang the rocks together" level of expertise are trying to develop iPhone apps. People (and companies) go where the opportunity is.
I've been approached by one India-based organization to act as a "Public face" for them here in the states, so I know there are shops full of inexperienced iPhone developers in India who are pitching US companies on developing their "mobile strategy" for them.