What the new Ford Focus teaches us about the future of connected driving

I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Mobile World Congress, the yearly showcase of the latest and greatest devices from manufacturers such as Samsung, Nokia and seemingly every Chinese manufacturer possible.

The major takeout of the event: innovation is dead. The latest Samsung S5, the successor to the equally brilliantly named S4 looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor except with a .1-inch larger screen. We’ve reached something of a stalemate in the mobile arms race so rest assured that your mobile phone from last year is still going to give you geek cred.

I could waffle on about the .1-inch screen difference for hours but this is after all, a car site so let me dive straight into that topic. Ford was the only car manufacturer to have an exhibit at MWC to showcase three technologies: Applink, Sync 2.0 and the new Focus’s safety tech.

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