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A company called PadInTheCity is running a neat business, renting 3G iPads to interested tourists in Madrid, Spain to help them get around the city. Each iPad comes preloaded with a number of applications and unlimited data — all for 25 EUR per day. That’s kinda steep especially for those staying longer in the capital of Spain.
However, just because something is expensive, it doesn’t mean there are no interested customers. Quite the contrary – the business is booming for PadInTheCity, which even got some customers forwarded by Apple. Heck, their goal is to expand to other places like London and New York.
I like the idea, even though I’m not actually the customer they’re looking for. 25 EUR gets you a prepaid Yoigo SIM card with a ton of mobile data. And if you install apps at home, that should be good enough to get you around the city. Heck, that’s how we get around Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress. 
[Via: TUAW]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
