Gizmodo: serenata

Bang & Olfusen Shuts Down Cellphone Business

Mark Wilson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:29:00 EDT

Bang & Olfusen, the design minds behind the Serene and Serenata (pictured), have ended their brief foray in the cellphone 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 Serenata Hands-On Video

Jason Chen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:50:24 EDT

Zara over at Shiny Shiny got her hands on the Bang & Olufsen/Samsung Serenata phone, which isn't just a phone, it's a "personal music system." Even after watching the video it's unclear how the music UI capabilities outclass say, the iPhone, but the external speakers seem like they sound pretty great—it even has bass. Not like Enya even has any bass in any of her songs. We'll see if we can get a closeup video of the UI for you. [Shiny Shiny]

Samsung, Bang & Olufsen Announce Serenata Music Phone

Adam Frucci — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:15:16 EDT

Bang & Olufsen and Samsung made their new Serenata music phone official today, as promised, sporting the distinctive look and sure-to-be ludicrous pricing that B&O is known for. Loaded with 4GB of flash memory, the Serenata has a built-in speaker that's designed to pump out your jams with no headphones necessary. I'd say don't use this on the subway, but anyone who can afford a B&O phone doesn't use public transportation.

The phone also sports an iPod-esque touch ring for control and a dock for charging and syncing it up with your computer. There's no pricing available yet for the 3G phone, but it won't be cheap. Woz'll probably buy one. [Product Page via Electronista]

Samsung's Bang & Olufsen Phone Coming in 17 Days

Jason Chen — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:27:10 EDT

Samsung and Bang & Olufssen have just thrown up a teaser site for their Serenata phone, which comes at us in just 17 days. What the phone has internally or even what it looks like is still a mystery on the site, but putting two and two together from earlier leaks you get a phone with 4GB flash memory, MPEG-4 video, 240x240 display, HSDPA and UMTS 3G, and also an iPod-esque scroll wheel. If the past leaks are correct, this is what the phone will look like—an electric razor. [Serenata via Electronista]

Samsung F310/B&O Serenata Details Leaked

msparkes — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:08:15 EDT

Back in May there was a sighting of an interesting new phone on the FCC website. Now, a Russian cellphone retailer has passed on some more details of the Samsung F310, also called the B&O Serenata.

As well as a very unusual design, the handset will feature GSM 900/1800/1900, 2.1GHz UMTS, EDGE and HSDPA 1.8 Mbps connectivity, so it should be usable pretty much anywhere you take it. It also has 4 GB of memory for storing MP3 and MPEG4 files, both of which can be played on the device. The dimensions will be 109.5 x 63 x 19.7 mm, but there's no word yet on pricing or availability. [Unwired View]