Hopefully I can warn at least one person about what is becoming a massive and expensive problem!
Smart phones running Operating Systems such as Android will constantly poll services such as" My Location" or "Gtalk" and each connection can cost up to 50 cents, even when you have no mail etc. This is also a massive problem with "assisted GPS" apps such has Google-maps, and data roaming.
All this means that a phone can eat 50 Euro of credit in a day without you making a single call or sending a text. There are some free applications in the Android Marketplace that will kill some of these apps, however every time you upgrade Android, or power cycle your phone, you need to remember that everything is disabled. Another useful way to prevent this is connect to your WiFi and all your data will then go through the Internet rather than 3g, which obviously only works whilst you are at home, and also greatly reduces your battery life.
There are some good SIM-only deals for services such as BEN and Simpel, however you must carefully check that data is included, and that your phone is unlocked.
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