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An analyst thinks Apple may be preparing a netbook-killing tablet.

Hewlett-Packard confirmed Tuesday that it is testing Google's Android operating system as a possible alternative to Windows in some of its netbook computers.

ASUS on Friday said it has been developing a netbook based on Google's Android platform that would ship by the end of 2009 -- and would make Linux on netbooks a real alternative to more expensive (not to mention closed) Windows PCs.

Forget Steve Jobs' health problems. Cheap ''netbooks'' could steal the sizzle from Apple's hot notebook business.