The line between laptops and netbooks has been getting blurry for a few months now. Acer is planning to take its game to the next level and add a tablet netbook to the conversation. Acer has some of the best netbooks on the market, and it has been working hard to keep a leading position in this market. One way to do that is by innovating, and that is exactly what Acer seems to be planning to do with their tablet 3G netbooks. Adding touch screen to netbooks seems to be a natural step for most netbook manufacturers. Not only people love tablets, there is no certainty that Apple won’t be coming out with its own touchscreen netbook. So if you are a netbook manufacturer, you may as well address the issue while you are ahead.

I am not sure how tablet netbooks will be perceived by the consumers. A lot of it comes down to how expensive these will be. Netbooks are budget laptops. They are designed to be portable, powerful, and affordable. So if the prices start going up in the $500-600 range, that could turn a lot of people off. And we don’t want to see a dip in performance due to having additional software installed on netbooks. It is certainly exciting to think about the possibilities here, but it’s too early to tell if Acer’s tablet netbook line will be a success.

Your take: how much would you pay extra for a tablet netbook?