Samsung was pretty vague about global launch dates and pricing for the new Galaxy S III. But, here is what we do know about the next Samsung flagship

Samsung launched the Galaxy S3 in a glitzy event held at Earl’s Court, London. Here’s the first official commercial for the next flagship from Samsung.

There’s a lot riding on the BlackBerry 10. But, does it have enough to give RIM a fighting chance?

After remaining at the top for 14 years, Nokia has slipped by 24% to fall behind Samsung in global handset shipments. Apple, which only sells premium smartphones, is a distant third.

India’s Lava Mobiles has launched XOLO X900, which is the world’s first Intel Atom (Medfield) powered Android smartphone.

Facebook will be acquiring popular photosharing app Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock options. The Instagram team will join Facebook, but will remain largely independent.

The wait is finally over. Instagram, which was named by Apple as the “App of the Year” for 2011, is now available in the Android Market. In less than two afters since its release, the free photo sharing app has managed to pull in over 30 million users who have already uploaded more than a billion photos.

Opera Mini 7 for Android introduces OpenGLES hardware acceleration, unlimited speed dials, and Android Beam support.

Opera Mini 7 preview release introduces social features to dumb phones through its new Smart Page feature, while improving performance and rendering on smartphones.

Opera Mobile 12 for Android is a significant update that one-ups Chrome for Android by adding support for an impressive number of HTML5 technologies as well as WebGL.

Opera is beefing up its mobile advertising network with the acquisition of 4th Screen and Mobile Theory. The new acquisitions will join AdMarvel, which was purchased by Opera in 2010.

Several popular mobile social networking apps have been found uploading users phonebook without intimation or permission.

Microsoft has released an update to the Windows version of Skype 5.8 that has Audio and video calling for Facebook friends, group screen sharing session, to name a few new features.

Latest rumor from Korea suggests that Samsung is set to release the first Galaxy S3 device in May 2012.

ZTE has revealed that the rather steep licensing fee of the Windows Phone is one of the biggest challenges towards making cheap Windows Phone handsets.