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Samsung: Putting Dragons And Trucks Together At Last

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT

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]

New GPS Chips to Make Navigation by Cell Phone Feasible

Travis Hudson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:15:00 EST

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?

I'll spare the geek speak, but basically CSR's GPS software and Samsung's hardware will work together so well that GPS baseband, one of the costliest parts of integrating GPS into mobile devices, will be eliminated. I'm not too worked up about price cuts on high-end cellphones capable of providing navigation, but I am excited about the notion of more handsets being given the ability to provide legitimate GPS navigation, as opposed to the half-ass location-based triangulation that many consumers now have to live with. [Gizmag]

Seoul Motor Show: Renault-Samsung QMX

Mike Spinelli — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:00:16 EDT

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

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