When Bang and Olufsen tackles a new type of device, they do it in a very specific way: oddly, stylishly, and with reckless disregard for cost. Exhibit F: The $US375 BeoTime, a flute-like, accelerometer-equipped wireless alarm clock.
Bang & Olufsen’s long-standing partnership with Audi will soon produce a sound system in the upcoming 2010 A5 Sportback that arguably rivals many modest home theatres.
At over $US135,000, Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 103-inch plasma set costs nearly triple Panasonic’s 103-inch baby or just as much as the 150-inch plasma champion of the world. Why?
The Samsung BeatDJ and BeatDisc are just mobile phones, but they promise “deep rich bass and crystal clear treble” through stereo speakers featuring B&O’s ICEpower amplifier. We’re ever so sceptical.
When Bang & Olufsen, maker of very expensive things that use electricity, let slip a photo of their upcoming BeoSound 5 home media controller, I saw a lot of potential. The interface looked nice, the hardware classy, and the screen crisp — in other words, if this thing connected with network music shares and played nice with a variety of home A/V equipment, it could be a winner. Well, we’ve got our hands on the official announcement, and it looks like we might have been a little optimistic.
Bang & Olfusen, the design minds behind the Serene and Serenata (pictured), have ended their brief foray in the mobile phone business. The company had teamed with Samsung to corner the huge projected market of rich people who want to pay too much for a phone that will only comfortably fit a deformed alien head, but apparently the sector just wasn’t as lucrative as it would seem. [mobil via Wired]
Bang & Olufsen, maker of very expensive things that use electricity, looks like they might be onto something with their BeoSound 5. With album art and a relatively complex menu displayed on the screen, it would appear that the BeoSound 5 will be a pretty comprehensive (and of course, stylish) control interface for your home media system. Whether it’ll play nice with your network shares and iTunes libraries or be locked down to prohibitively expensive B&O gear is a different story, but if you’re considering kit like this you probably don’t really mind either way. [BeoWorld via Engadget]
