H-P is testing Google's Android as a future system for its computers, netbooks and smartphones, confirms H-P's marketing executive, Satjuv Chahil.
This evening, H-P confirmed to TechPulse360 that it is looking at Google’s Android to power its future PCs and smartphones.
Currently, the world’s largest PC maker offers Windows and Linux
on its PCs, laptops and netbooks and runs Windows Mobile on its line of handhelds and smartphones.
“As the world’s leading computer company, we want to understand all the OS choices in the marketplace that may be used by its competitors or potentially even deployed by us to meet customer needs,” confirms Satjiv Chahil, the senior vice president of global marketing for HP’s Personal Systems Group.
Google’s Android operating system could first appear in H-P’s smartphones, instead of Windows Mobile; a product line that so far has gain little traction in the marketplace.
“So we’re studying Android’s capabilities for potential use in the computer and communications industries,” adds Chahil.
