The netbook market is one of those markets that is badly in need of innovation by players involved in it. Let’s face it. There are plenty of netbooks on the market that come with very similar features and manage to confuse netbook fans along the way. Acer is one of those companies that plans to change all that with Aspire 1825PT &1825PTZ. Both these so-called netbooks feature a 11.6-inch capacitive touchscreen and pack a lot of punch.

Acer Aspire 1825PT features Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 with 4 GB RAM. Aspire 1825PTZ has only 3 GB of RAM and has SU4100 ULV CPU. These netbooks won’t be cheap as they will go for around $900. Here is the problem I have with these two devices. It’s not fair to consider these devices netbooks when they are clearly CULVs. They use ULV processors and are fully-fledged laptops. That brings up a more interesting question. Is there really a distinct line between laptops, netbooks, and CULVs at this point?

When it comes to netbook brand, there are two ways companies go about dealing with it. Some reject going anywhere the brand (e.g. Apple). But there are some laptop manufacturers that try to use the brand to sell more units. Acer Aspire 1825PT & 1825PTZ both can compete with the top CULV laptops on the market. And they blow all top netbooks off the water.

We are going to see more super netbooks in the future. But it’s time for the industry to make up its mind when it comes to naming all these laptops. It’s just confusing for consumers to deal with all these names and brands when companies use them interchangeably or just as a marketing scheme.

What’s your take: should companies use the netbook brand whenever they feel like it?