that Microsoft will refer to netbooks as "low cost small notebook PCs," according to Microsoft's Steven Guggenheimer.

Try saying that ten times fast.

Microsoft's rationale for the name-change? A netbook can do more than just get you online, so it should be called something else. There's no arguing that-- hitting the market can even handle 1080p video, thanks to .

But by Microsoft's logic, "smart phones" should be renamed "pocket-sized handheld computing devices" since smart phones today do so much more than make phone calls and handle your appointment calendars. And "game consoles"? More like "home theater multimedia playback and gameplay consoles." To arbitrarily change a product category's catchy, memorable name to something ridiculous and jargony seems to make no sense at all.