Get a Day Pass for your tablet from AT&T

AT&T plans to offer tablet users a $5 day pass for mobile data service, as well as a $25 prepaid plan for 1GB over three months, in a bid to reach more types of consumers.

The “casual rate plans” are designed for consumers who don’t want tablet cellular service enough to pay a monthly fee, said Chris Penrose, senior vice president of AT&T, who announced the new offerings at the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco.

The $5 day pass includes 250MB of data. The two new plans are available now for all AT&T tablets, for a limited time, the carrier said.

This might have some potential, a way to get data on your tablet without the handcuff of a contract.  Unfortunately, your tablet has to be AT&T branded.  That stinks....