This is interesting.   It has recently been announced at the Computex computer show in Taiwan that small new "netbook" computers from Acer Inc. will come with Google
Inc.'s Android operating system if buyers desire, instead of Windows
from Microsoft Corp.

The move by Acer, the world's
third-largest PC maker, could raise Android's chances of becoming a
widely used alternative to Windows on mobile computers.

I see this as start of the convergence of the cell phone and the computer.  We are seeing smart phones take on the capabilities of a small computer with everything from access to email to spread-sheet and word processing capabilities.   This is the next step, a small netbook that is more like a large  smart phone, with a full size keyboard and greater computer like functions and operating a Android OS rather than Windows.

An acer laptop running Google's Android  

It will be interesting to watch Microsoft's response.  This is no doubt Google is encrouching on Microsoft's turf.   Vista was a disaster on netbooks for Microsoft and Microsoft was forced to continue to support Windows XP and sell it a lower price. The word is Windows 7 is being geared for netbooks as well as larger computers.   Microsoft will need to get its netbook strategy right.