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Android news and rumor roundup for week ending Aug. 3

02.08.2012
Let's face it - a lot of the technology that smartphone and tablet makers use in their devices is pretty similar. After all, there's only so many ways to shoehorn all the hardware necessary to run a very small computer into the available space, even with the incredibly impressive degree of miniaturization we've achieved. Think about it - the Samsung Galaxy SIII has a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, a gigabyte of RAM, and up to 64GB of internal storage. It wasn't really all that long ago that those were respectable stats for a desktop PC. Now it fits in your pocket.

Still, the point is that there are unavoidable, significant similarities between any two devices competing for the top spot in the market - not that that's stopping and several top Android manufacturers from engaging in high-stakes patent warfare.

And that makes the news that Samsung may be working on OLED technology capable of providing even more pixel density than Apple's vaunted exciting, but also depressing - would anyone be at all surprised if Apple tried to argue that it had patented the idea of super-high-density displays on mobile devices?

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If you've been hankering for some Nexus 7-related swag, you're in luck - U.K.-based reports that manufacturer ASUS has released five cool accessories for the 7-inch tablet, including a screen protector, two stand cases, a folio case and a case with a built-in Bluetooth keyboard. Slick.

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