[[Image:Beocom 1000 telephone .jpg|thumb|300px|Beocom 1000 from Bang & Olufsen displayed at Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology in Oslo.]] [[File:Beocom 2000 telefon (1989) - Gideon Loewy.JPG|thumb|Beocom 1000, 1989-2000.<ref>[https://beocentral.com/telephones Beocom 2000 in B&O Produkt Archive]</ref>]] thumb|Beocom 1401 by Austin Calhoon '''BeoCom''' is a line of telephones manufactured by Bang & Olufsen. Between the BeoCom 1 (also known in some markets as BeoCom 6000) and the BeoCom 2 phones there is much interoperability. The current versions of these telephones use independent wireless base stations known by the name BeoLine. The Mark 1 version of the BeoLine PSTN base can support up to six BeoCom handsets. the Mark 2 version of the Beoline PSTN base can support eight BeoCom handsets.

== BeoCom 1000 == 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Denmark, now Scandinavian Design Consultant Company Ltd., Taiwan) in 1983, launched on the market in 1985 and withdrawn in 2003.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== BeoCom 2000 ==

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

== BeoCom 2200 == The BeoCom 2200, also named BeoCom Copenhagen was designed in 1986 by Lindinger-Loewy.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== BeoCom 1 == The BeoCom 1 is a model of cordless telephone designed by Henrik Sørig Thomsen. The handset is 159&nbsp;mm (6¼ inches) in length, 51&nbsp;mm (2&nbsp;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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== BeoCom 2 == The BeoCom 2 is a model of cordless telephone from 2002<ref>{{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}}</ref> designed by David Lewis.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.

== BeoLine PSTN and BeoLine ISDN == 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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== External links == {{commonscat|Bang & Olufsen Beocom phones}} *[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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