Android news and rumor roundup for the week ending Aug. 24

23.08.2012
Releasing a new flagship device within even a few weeks of the upcoming 5 is probably not the greatest idea in the world, and that has cut into the amount of blockbuster Android goodness you can expect from this column. Nevertheless, plenty is going on in the world of Google Android.

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The exception to that rule is Amazon, which a 7-inch successor to the Kindle Fire and a brand-new 10-inch device on Sept. 6. 

That's pretty brave, but Amazon definitely has its work cut out for it, given the success of the Google/Asus Nexus 7 on what was the Kindle Fire's home turf and the continuing rumors that a mini- will . Maybe precipitate action was called for.