Even if Google’s Android has been having some issues on phones, but it seems to just be picking up in an unlikely place: netbooks. HP is apparently looking at using Android on future netbooks.

This is a really interesting use of Android, since phones and netbooks do share some aspects in common. Both are small, portable, and not ideally suited for standard computer interfaces. A lot of people are skeptical about this, but I wouldn’t be. The interface will have to be adapted, of course, and some applications may not work, but having the same OS on your netbook and phone could have advantages, too. Remember the Palm Folio? Android could probably do the same tricks, but at a much better price.

Thanks to Android being open-source, a whole new life for it has emerged. It may be too soon to know, but I hope Android for netbooks takes off.

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