[bluedanieru]

With Docomo the amount of data you need to consume to hit that max is quite low, however. Less than 100MB. I assume it's the same for Softbank. The pricing is geared toward customers that use the network for email and browsing shitty iMode sites like Mixi on a tiny screen.

Docomo and Google have done very little to promote Android here, by the way. In one year I've seen one device other than my own, and it was the same model (the HTC Magic, one of the few models you can get).

Great network here for voice and especially data, but it mostly goes to waste.

[delackner]

Yikes, I looked up the specific values involved for softbank (as they are the exclusive iPhone carrier) and the $10 usage is roughly 1.5 mb. The max-ed out usage is.... 8.5mb.

The current values in the scale are clearly a bit antiquated, but the concept seems like a good one.