I go through the world marveling at the objects around us—from lamp posts to toothbrushes to buildings to sailboats—looking for details, craftsmanship, function, beauty, and purpose. If you know someone nutters like that, here are some gift ideas: More »
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. More »
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.
Samsung teamed up with audiophiler Bang & Olufsen for the Helio Oceanesque M7600 handset. The internal B&O amplifier promises to make it a force to be reckoned with in the sound department. Specs:
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]
Tuning your television is something only videophiles and Gizmodo readers do (seriously, normal people don’t care enough to spend a few hours on this), but Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 4 might change that practice. The 1080p TV has a built-in robotic arm with a camera on the end that swings down in front of the display in order to test the picture.
