Only thing I'll say is that this wasn't necessarily the case: > "...before affordable data plans, accidentally clicking the browser icon on your flip phone wou

Only thing I'll say is that this wasn't necessarily the case: > "...before affordable data plans, accidentally clicking the browser icon on your flip phone would make you sweat. In the early 2000s, accessing a single website could cost you as much as a cheeseburger, so not many people bothered to Google on the go." My circa-2003 Sanyo flip had an app to stream video(!) and a browser that was very useful for simple things like Google search. Back then, before it became the preferred way to upsell, unlimited data was a $10 (later $15) monthly addon for me in the US. It wasn't until I'd outgrown that flip, a Treo, and two HTC WinMo phones that it crept up to $30/mo for unlimited 3G data. With later phones the whole price structure had changed for the worse so I ended up switching carriers and data had mostly stopped being a flat addon to a phone plan.