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, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the matter. The company has not decided whether to bring such a product to market, the report said.
HP, the world's largest PC maker, did not return calls seeking comment.
Many in the industry, including Microsoft, are anticipating the release of laptops running Android, although no PC maker has publicly committed to it. 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, the low-cost, stripped-down PCs that have become one of the hottest segments in the PC market.
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