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Samsung: Putting Dragons And Trucks Together At Last

What do a dragon sculpture on the back of a truck made to look like it's always staring you down and a cell phone have in common? Yeah, nothing, but apparently that's one way the Samsung Soul is being marketed across southern England. A Ford Transit with a dragon on it's back. Let the jokes start in 3... 2... 1... (Thanks Scott) [Youtube]

5:00 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,153 views, 20 comments

Latest by philibuster: well, I don't know about the rest of the internet dwellers, but we certainly wanted more dragons. more »

gadgets

New GPS Chips to Make Navigation by Cell Phone Feasible


Samsung and CSR, a wireless tech company, are partnering to develop a new GPS solution that may slash the costs of producing cellphones with legitimate GPS receivers, replacing the triangulating and location-based services that companies like Verizon are currently hawking to customers. But the question remains: Will people actually use their mobile phones for navigation while driving? More »

10:15 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Travis Hudson
728 views, 17 comments

Latest by Indio: I use Alltel's navigation my my LG...Exact same phone as I had with Verizon, and Alltel uses the exact same more »

news

Seoul Motor Show: Renault-Samsung QMX

It's the Quest Motoring Experience, and it's a version of the Renault Koleos mini SUV for the Korean market. And by Korean market, we don't mean the place where we get our coffee, energy bars and the odd onion or copy of Sport Compact Car. It's got Renault's spanky 1.7-liter turbodiesel four under the hood, producing 177 hp and 5,769 lb-ft of torque (or whatever). It also has hill start assist, descent control and a clamshell tailgate for ease of loading and unloading batches of homemade kimchee. – Mike Spinelli More »

8:00 AM on Sat Apr 7 2007
By Mike Spinelli
3,429 views, 4 comments

Latest by Miscellanea: Side and rear scream Cayenne. more »