Clown, check out this video review. It is in Italian but opens up the entire laptop showing where ram/hdd etc is located - also mentions 3g modem again - confusing!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjmKEWPe1s
At 3 mins 40 sec it seems (and i dont speak italian) to be saying there is a slot for a sim card, and space for the 3g module. Could this be for the NC11?
I was thinking that built in 3g would be nice, but thinking about it, it has bluetooth so I could connect my "3" mobile to it that way.
"3" on PAYG have very comprtitive data rates and dont seem to mind it being used as a modem, so long as you dont take the piddle with it.