@John O’Shea – It is true that a lot of the browsing done on the iPhones is probably done via wifi but I have an N95 and before that an E65 and an E61 before that all of which have wifi and when I first used the wifi on my E61 I swore that I would never again buy a phone without wifi.

I use the wifi on my phone for browsing far more than I use the mobile network so without more detailed data it is hard to draw conclusions. What is true though is that the iPhone is getting people more used to browsing on their mobile device.

I agree absolutely that the extortionate prices we are being charged for mobile data are unsustainable. The mobile operators know this too and are trying to diversify their income streams to this end. However real drops in pricing are some way off yet unfortunately

The fact that the iPhone is making people more aware of the mobile internet can only help increase demand and drive down the price sooner rather than later I hope!

To that end, I assert that the main thing holding back mobile internet usage are the mobile networks not the handsets, end of. Most Nokia or SE devices have more than capable mobile internet browsers, the problem is they are prohibitively expensive to use. It is highly probable that iPhone users are more than willing to pay the mobile network costs purely because they are vain enough to do so or are tech intensive to justify for paying for data plans. It is a huge stretch to assume that the average end user would do so – if that were the case WEP usage would have accelerated years ago.

It’ll be interesting to see what the mobile networks make of this.

Enjoy!!