Portion of "satisfied" Palm Pre owners
Of 40 Palm Pre users polled in August, 2009, 87 percent termed themselves "satisfied," with 45 percent saying they were "very satisfied."
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From personal experience, and I know China, these smartphones probably weren't used as Blackberries and iPhones are. Internet usage and e-mail were probably limited, and most of the Nokias were probably acquired for their cameras and show-off value. I mean, there isn't any 3G in mainland China. Usage might have been changing dramatically in Hong Kong because the 3G network has been in place and promoted for a while now, but I'm not sure if this survey includes that area (please, no its China so DUH it includes Hong Kong. The market, politics and society are quite different).
It also means that Sony Ericsson isn't on the list despite being huge in China, as their most popular models (K-series, lower phone) aren't smart.
As for Motorola, there has been heavy promotion and marketing, along with them releasing the nice phones there first, plus the linux phones that use stylus for Chinese input. Because Motorola actually figured out what the mainland market wants.
Things are changing. The 3G (proper UMTS, not that stupid TD-whatever thing) network is going online beginning of '09 courtesy of China Unicom. I'm already seeing 3G signal in some places (not many, mind you, and I can't do anything on it because China Unicom's not officially licensed to run UMTS yet).