Now, in all fairness apple's low market penetration probably has a lot to do with the significant number of depressed economies rolled into the EU with Germany et al and the 1990's level of computer technology laying around there, but I don't have anything to back that up. I'm sure there are lot's of Germans carrying around pretty Apples while they take care of their very important business in their very big cities.
Yes, the first gen iPhone did not sell well here in Germany. One reason was the pricing of T-Mobile, but more important, Germany already had good 3G coverage and a lot of potential customers simply did not want to go back to GSM/EDGE. Steve Jobs told everyone 3G was not necessary because it was only available in a few hotspot locations while I had already used it in small towns (<5000 people). Simply ridiculous! And you tell the world about your advances over "1990s" technology....?