HP Is 'Studying' Android for PC Use

Looks like Microsoft has to do a hard thinking after all that m akes Ballmer is going to go balder...Here comes Android the Google OS for mobile.

Move over, Microsoft. Hewlett-Packard may give Google the entrée it needs to provide the go-to operating system for new lines of mass-market notebook computers.

No. 1 PC maker Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is "studying" Google's (GOOG) Android operating system to determine whether the software might work well on HP's own computers, says HP spokeswoman Marlene Somsak. The company is evaluating Android's computing and communications functions, she says, though she declined to say whether HP would ship Android-powered products.

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