WIND to Release the Huawei Astro April 26th
The Lumia 710 has officially been given the “coming soon” stamp and you can now “pre-register.” As for the Huawei Astro, you can bank on this hitting WIND stores this coming Thursday (April 26th) for a cool $150. The Astro also goes by the name of Prism on TMobile U8651 and is an entry-level Android that runs OS 2.3.5.
MobileSyrup
InMobi: Android & iOS Eat Away At RIM’s Share In North America; Globally, Nokia Devices Dominate
Independent mobile ad network InMobi released its Q1 2012 Ad Data report for North America this morning, covering the mobile ad landscape for the first part of the year. Not surprisingly, the report found the top two mobile operating systems were, again, iOS and Android, each with a sizeable chunk of market share and growing. RIM, meanwhile, was still clinging to spot #3, but has dropped 4.6% since Q1 2011, the report found, going from a 11.9% share to 7.3%. this past quarter.
TechCrunch
Why Mobile Business Apps are Attractive to Venture Capitalists
The allure of making millions, perhaps even billions, of dollars developing mobile apps for the consumer market is obvious. Instagram just got a cool $1 billion from Facebook. Path has a $250 million valuation. Even Twitter was started as a mobile, text messaging-based service. Venture capitalists are always on the lookout for the Next Big Thing when it comes to consumer apps.
ReadWriteWeb
Samsung's Unpacked Mobile 2012 App Outs 'Galaxy S3' as Next Smartphone's Name
Up until now, we haven't actually had any confirmation of what Samsung's upcoming superphone would be named. We've had plenty of reason to believe that it'd simply be the third iteration of the famed Galaxy S line, and even an Amazon Germany page predicting as much, but it's another thing entirely to see the term "Galaxy S3" used by Samsung itself.
Engadget