Toshiba may be adding 3G to its Portégé R500 laptop c0mputer in the UK, but it’s not coming to the U.S. for now according to Toshiba.

Spokesman Anthony Aponte said Toshiba, which has its U.S. headquarters in Irvine, “as of now will not have a 3G laptop in the U.S.”

“Toshiba is finding that customers want to have freedom of choice and want the ability to move between carriers,” Aponte said.

The Portégé R500 laptop weighs 2.2 pounds, almost one pound less than Apple’s 3-pound MacBook Air, has a 12.1-inch LED screen, up to 120-gigabytes of hard disk space, Windows XP, an Intel Centrino duo processor, an internal DVD multi-drive, three USB ports, Bluetooth connectivity, a FireWire connector and Gigabit Ethernet. The R500 model that includes 3G sells from £1,249 (US$2,436).

For PC World’s comparison of the R500 to Apple’s MacBook Air, click here.

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