If you act fast, you may be able to get a free Samsung Nexus S smartphone. Google is promoting the deal–today only–from its well-trafficked search page, Google.com. In order to get the phone with one of three participating carriers–Sprint, T-Mobile, and most recently, AT&T–you’ll need to sign up for a new two-year contract. If you follow links from the Google …

Google is launching a series of workshops designed to grab developers who can create high-quality Android apps. Set up by the folks at Google’s Android Developer Relations, the Android Developer Labs (ADLs) will try to show developers how they can optimize their apps for Android tablets, according to an Android developers blog. Dubbed “Optimizing Honeycomb Tablet Applications,” the ADLs will …

Look, it’s a phone that makes calls! U.S. Cellular has not forgotten the lowly basic flip phone with the LG Envoy, which went up for sale today for only $9.99. It doesn’t have too many features going for it aside from dual displays, a VGA camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, text and multimedia messaging, simple WAP browsing, and that’s about it. …