Roadmap for Blackberry / Java Developers new to Mac

Hi,
I am totally new to the mac environment, and hope one day to start developing iPhone apps. I currently develop Blackberry Apps.
What I would like to see is a Clear Roadmap for developers who may have never seen a "Mac" before.
So far from my reaseach I have compe up with the following :-
1. Learn Objective C :- (Many docs / books available)
2. Understand the Cocoa framework :- (Again ADC etc has wealth of info)
Understand UiKit framework
Understand XCode / Interface Builder
3. Purchase an Intel Mac with OS 10.5 (any recomendations ???)
4. Join the ADC and download the SDK and try some simple apps.
5. Figure out how to "deploy" the apps onto an iPhone. (via USB cable ??)
If soneone could comeup with a blog that describes how to go about this, it would encourage many developers who develop for Blackberry etc to start developing for Mac.
Finally, if someone could come up with a roadmap that would enable us to use GNUStep or something similar to get our "feet wet" on Linux / Windows BEFORE
going on to actually purchasing a "Mac" computer, it would give us the confidence to invest in Apple hardware, knowing that we are on the right track.
Thanks

Go to apple's iPhone developer site. http://developer.apple.com/iphone/
They have a Getting started area.
Any Intel Mac should work fine. Do you want something cheap, laptop, big screen, etc. Up to you.
Speeds not really an issue with standard compiling.
You don't have to join ADC to get started. Download the SDK and run the simulator. You can sign up for $99 program when you want to move it to the actual device.
Not sure GNUstep would help or how much it matches Cocoa, etc.
If you've already been programming in C++ or other languages moving to Obj-C is not that bad. iPhone is less dense than full Mac Cocoa.
Deployment is same cable the phone came with. All you need is XCode, your app and the certificates from apple.

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