Talk about a shocker. Just a few days after many analysts predicted that Android won’t be much of a challenge to Windows in the netbook market, HP is making plans to bring Google Android to its netbooks. Google Android is based on Linux and has been already tested on a few netbooks. HP is currently studying the matter, but it is not hard to see HP introducing android netbooks in the future. For starters, it’s a brilliant move that puts Windows-based netbooks on the back foot. Windows 7 may be a good OS, but not everyone is going to like the platform. And Linux based netbooks can be potentially cheaper, making them attractive to folks who want to get their hands on the technology and save money in the process.

When will HP introduce android netbooks? That’s hard to tell. Currently, HP is studying the matter. That means the earliest we can see android netbooks is fall of this year. Now that’s something worth waiting for.