Do those prices sound outrageously high to you?
Compared to the UK, they do to me.
I just got a Sony Ericsson T610 mobile phone with large colour screen, Bluetooth, GRPS WAP, Java games/applications (downloadable), digital camera, multimedia messaging, email, organiser, etc.
*iSync compatible* for...
*free*... with 15GPB a month (500 minutes off peak calls included), 12 month minimum contract. Including lots of promotional extras, including free unlimited GRPS WAP access for a month (usually charged at 5GBP per MB for 1st MB, then 2.50GPB for additional MB, per month.).
At least the UK has one area where it is cheaper than the US.