[HansTWN]

I know from personal experience that both US and European phone services are way, way overpriced. I prefer the way it is done in most Asian countries. You can buy the phone you want at an unsubsidized price and pay a minimum for service. You also have the choice to enter a two year contract and buy a subsidized phone, a good option when you must make lots of calls. So I do most of my major web browsing on the phone over WiFi and just use E-Mail and IM and visit WAP websites on 2G/3G/HSDPA. And I never spend more than 10-15 dollars each month on my mobile phone, text, and data bill. And with unlimited data for about USD 30.- you could use Skype for calling.

And European carriers are probably a lot less flexible when it comes to pricing something like Amazon's service than Sprint is. Just as Verizon never would have agreed to a deal like that.