Samsung Electronics and Google took the wraps off the Galaxy Nexus, the latest Android handset to carry the flagship smartphone moniker. Samsung The smartphone, unveiled at a Samsung event in Hong Kong today, marks the debut of the latest version of Android, known as Ice Cream Sandwich (each iteration of Android is named after a dessert). For Samsung, the introduction …

Samsung’s free messaging service is here. ChatON is the feature-packed rival to BlackBerry Messenger and Apple iMessage, and unlike those services it works on any Android phone. Samsung may be behind ChatON, but you can download and use it on any Android phone or tablet, or on your browser. It’s an instant messenger service like AIM, GChat or Facebook Chat, …

NEW YORK–Motorola is taking on Apple’s iPod Nano with the Motoactv, an Android-based media player designed specifically for people who work out. The company announced the new device at a press conference here Tuesday. Like the iPod Nano, the Motoactv has a touch screen roughly about 1 square inch. It has an FM radio. But it offers much more than …