BeoCom

BeoCom 1000 (as shown in image) was designed by Gideon Loewy (Lindinger-Loewy Industrial Design ApS., Copenhagen Denmark, now Scandinavian Design Consultant Company Ltd., Taiwan) in 1983, launched on the market in 1985 and withdrawn in 2003.{{Cite web|title=BeoCom 1000 Corded Analogue Telephone|url=https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=423|website=www.beoworld.org|access-date=2020-05-15}}

The BeoCom 2000 used an integrated Toshiba TMP47C452AN microcontroller and could store up to 20 phone numbers.{{Cite web|title=Beocom 2000|url=https://beocentral.com/beocom2000|website=beocentral.com|access-date=2020-05-15}}

The BeoCom 2200, also named BeoCom Copenhagen was designed in 1986 by Lindinger-Loewy.{{Cite web|title=BeoCom Model 2200 Telephone, 1986|url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18648519/|website=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=The design evolution of the phone over the last 80 years is astounding|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/modern-evolution-of-the-phone-photos-2016-10|last=Garfield|first=Leanna|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-05-21}}

The BeoCom 1 is a model of cordless telephone designed by Henrik Sørig Thomsen. The handset is 159 mm (6¼ inches) in length, 51 mm (2 inches) wide, and weighs 170 g (6 oz). It transmits its signals at 2.4 gigahertz.

The BeoCom 1 is the phone that is used to connect Howie Mandel to the Banker on the US version of Deal or No Deal.

An identical-looking model known as the BeoCom 6000 is sold in non-US markets, and it uses the DECT standards. The round wheel on the phone formed an inspiration for Apple in the design of the first iPods.{{Cite web|title=Apple's Inspiration For The iPod? Bang & Olufsen, Not Braun|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3016910/apples-inspiration-for-the-ipod-bang-olufsen-not-dieter-rams|last=Carr|first=Austin|date=2013-11-06|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-17}}

The BeoCom 2 is a model of cordless telephone from 2002{{Cite magazine|last=Walker|first=Rob|date=2011-09-27|title=Can the Cult of Bang & Olufsen Last?|language=en-US|volume=19|magazine=Wired|issue=10|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff_bando/|access-date=2020-05-17|issn=1059-1028}} designed by David Lewis.{{Cite web|title=BeoCom 2 Cordless Telephone|url=https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=457|website=www.beoworld.org|access-date=2020-05-17}} The handset is 321mm (≈1 foot) in length with base, and weighs 220 g (≈7.7 oz). It transmits its signals at 2.4 gigahertz in North America, and using DECT frequencies elsewhere. Production of the North American model was discontinued in 2012.

The BeoLine is the wireless telephone base station for the BeoCom handsets, designed to connect multiple handsets to an external telephone line. The BeoLine provides a simple PBX, which can route calls to different handsets, and can permit internal calls between handsets. Handsets and base station can share a common Phonebook of up to 200 names-and-numbers. The Mark 1 version of BeoLine was made in two variants: one to connect to a traditional analogue PSTN service, and one to connect to an ISDN service. The Mark 1 BeoLine can support up to six BeoCom handsets of different types (provided that the BeoLine software has been brought sufficiently up-to-date). The Mark 2 BeoLine can support eight BeoCom handsets, but only those of recent manufacture.

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• [https://beocentral.com/telephones Telephones in B&O Produkt Archive]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061015203551/http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/product.asp?section=systems&sub=tp&prodid=454 BeoCom 1 at Bang & Olufsen's website] (archive-link)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004211146/http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/product.asp?section=systems&sub=tp&prodid=557 BeoCom 2 at Bang & Olufsen's website] (archive-link)

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