Will the Jelly Bean OS be available for Galaxy s3

Dear Arthur,

The next iteration in the Android mobile OS - Jelly Bean - will indeed come to the Samsung Galaxy S3 but only in the 4th quarter of 2012, so you'll probably be getting it this fall. Samsung Galaxy S3, being Samsung's flagship phone, won't have any problems running the new operating system and it will bring new features like: 

• Project Butter (silky smooth response rate by predicting where your finger will be)
• Google Chrome default browser
• Google Now (Siri-like voice recognition tool)
• Widgets resizing and organizing
• Improved Camera App
• Android Beam (NFC file-sharing significantly improved)
• Also there are some other performance tweaks under the hood of the new OS to harness the power of mobile processors better

On the matter of actually installing the OS, you'll probably get the update from your mobile carrier when they receive it. Or if you have rooted your phone, once it comes out you can install it yourself. Either way, you'll enjoy the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean soon enough.

I hope this helps.