Recently, Netbook Era was pretty excited about the HP Mini 1000 netbook having a secret 3G modem. We asked you if you had spotted one on yours (assuming that you own a Mini 1000). jk On The Run followed up and just discovered yes indeed you can get mobile broadband with the HP netbook but it’s going to cost some serious beans (HP adds $199 integrated 3G option to Mini 1000 netbook).
If money is no issue or use your netbook for business use, the costs are justified but for the rest of us, we shall stick to chasing after free WiFi signals and hope that the connection is fast enough.