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Phones
Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 5 Home Phone Also Does VoIP
Gadgets
Bang And Olufsen BeoTime Alarm Clock Caters To Fluters, The Rich
12:10AM John Herrman | 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 »
Screens
Bang & Olufsen’s 4-103 BeoVision Plasma Is Alive, Costs More Than 35,000 Big Macs
10:20AM Matt Buchanan | 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? More »
Phones
Samsung BeatDJ and BeatDisc Feature Audio by Bang & Olufsen
11:43PM Mark Wilson | 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.
Phones
Samsung + Bang & Olufsen M7600 Pledges to Bring the Noise: Funk As Yet Unconfirmed
9:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | 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: More »
Home
Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Is a Reasonable Media Controller (For Your Megayacht)
8:28PM John Herrman | 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. More »
Phones
Bang & Olfusen Shuts Down Mobile Phone Business
4:29AM Mark Wilson | 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] More »
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Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 Home Media Controller Spotted, Blurrily
9:30PM John Herrman | 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] More »
Entertainment
Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision HDTV Self-Calibrates With Its Robotic Appendage
5:25AM Jason Chen | 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. More »
Entertainment
1:49PM Nick Broughall | There’s nothing subtle about Bang and Olufsen. They go out of their way to grab your attention, sometimes by outlandish or inspired design, other times by a price tag that would make James Packer whistle.
So it’s no surprise that their recently renovated flagship store on Oxford Street in Paddington is the same. From the speakers outside playing the latest music to passersby to the bright red wall which catches the light reflecting off cars headlights and therefore people’s attention, everything is meant to stand out, loud and proud. Like Beckham. Or a Big Brother Housemate.
Inside, there’s all the latest B&O products, from their new entry model LCD TVs (for a paltry $4K) to their incredible new Serenata phone, which looks and feels like sex in circuitry form. But the main attraction in the store is what Bang and Olufsen calls “BeoLiving”.
BeoLiving: How You’d Live If You Were Rich
1:49PM Nick Broughall | There’s nothing subtle about Bang and Olufsen. They go out of their way to grab your attention, sometimes by outlandish or inspired design, other times by a price tag that would make James Packer whistle.
So it’s no surprise that their recently renovated flagship store on Oxford Street in Paddington is the same. From the speakers outside playing the latest music to passersby to the bright red wall which catches the light reflecting off cars headlights and therefore people’s attention, everything is meant to stand out, loud and proud. Like Beckham. Or a Big Brother Housemate.
Inside, there’s all the latest B&O products, from their new entry model LCD TVs (for a paltry $4K) to their incredible new Serenata phone, which looks and feels like sex in circuitry form. But the main attraction in the store is what Bang and Olufsen calls “BeoLiving”. 
