Hewlett-Packard Co may use Google Inc's Android operating system in some of its netbooks, displacing Microsoft's Windows, according ...
Hewlett-Packard Co may use Google Inc's Android operating system in some of its netbooks, displacing Microsoft's Windows, according to a media report on Tuesday.
HP is currently testing Android - a free, open-source operating system - for a possible netbook.Android is used on smartphones like HTC Corp's G1, but is being designed to support all kinds of connected devices. Chipmaker Freescale, which recently began making chips for netbooks, plans to expand its offering to include chipsets for Android. Microsoft's Vista operating system is too bulky to run on many netbooks.
HP is currently testing Android - a free, open-source operating system - for a possible netbook.Android is used on smartphones like HTC Corp's G1, but is being designed to support all kinds of connected devices. Chipmaker Freescale, which recently began making chips for netbooks, plans to expand its offering to include chipsets for Android. Microsoft's Vista operating system is too bulky to run on many netbooks.
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