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If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp;amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182341.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:38:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182341</guid><dc:creator>tournedos</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182341.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182341</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/Themes/beotheme1/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;camshaft:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I agree - I don&amp;#39;t think the idea of the numbers arranged in a circle was so profound that any other phone using the same layout is a &amp;quot;rip off&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; If I recall even nokia had an older phone years before the serene with the number buttons arranged in a circle.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;That would be Nokia 3650 from 2002.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Try to spot it from &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/nokias_phone_history_timeline.php"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182340.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:29:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182340</guid><dc:creator>Evan</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182340.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182340</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Alex,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I apologize for the choice of words. I live in the states, as do a few others here on the forum,&amp;nbsp;and it is just another saying for copy. We see a lot of look alikes, and it is very frustrating. In my opinion there are few products that can make you &amp;quot;individual&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;original&amp;quot; so to speak, everyone with money to spend buys an Escalade and an iPhone. But when something different comes along it is usually a cheap chinese variation. I have never seen a Serene or Serenata outside of my B&amp;amp;O dealer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182317.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:06:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182317</guid><dc:creator>majand</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182317.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182317</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/Themes/beotheme1/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;camshaft:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I agree - I don&amp;#39;t think the idea of the numbers arranged in a circle was so profound that any other phone using the same layout is a &amp;quot;rip off&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; If I recall even nokia had an older phone years before the serene with the number buttons arranged in a circle.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Maybe, and we had an Ericson phone with circular number pad on the 60&amp;#39;s. Had to rotate itto dial, though.&amp;nbsp; :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Pekka&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182279.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:18:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182279</guid><dc:creator>camshaft</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182279.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182279</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I agree - I don&amp;#39;t think the idea of the numbers arranged in a circle was so profound that any other phone using the same layout is a &amp;quot;rip off&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp; If I recall even nokia had an older phone years before the serene with the number buttons arranged in a circle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182227.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:21:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182227</guid><dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182227.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182227</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I wouldn&amp;#39;t really call it a rip off. Just because it bears some&amp;nbsp;resemblances&amp;nbsp;doesn&amp;#39;t mean it&amp;#39;s a rip off.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182167.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:58:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:182167</guid><dc:creator>Evan</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/182167.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=182167</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Looks like an iPod rip-off as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Serene design is copyed</title><link>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/181993.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:04:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:181993</guid><dc:creator>Bulgarien</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/181993.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&amp;PostID=181993</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I love my Serene design, but others&amp;nbsp; love it to ;-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Zumba is a new mobile phone concept.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I read about the phone here :&amp;nbsp; http://www.dingz.no/php/art.php?id=803924&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See video and more pictures here &lt;b&gt;http://www.zumbalumba.com&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; taken from here the official site &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; http://www.iatechnology.co.uk/index.php&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://imageshack.us" target="_blank" title="http://imageshack.us"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/2527/objzp5.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zumba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[URL=http://imageshack.us]&lt;img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4294/serenew0108672ks8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Serene&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>