Matt, great review and all I can say is, you should get a job doing this on LSAV's website, for all your customers (Lee could hire you out to B&O as well!!!)

You mentioned you didn't know what the pc studio software was for well I have an existing Samsung and it basically manages your mobile content between your PC and phone, such as music files and contact details.  Same as Nokia's pc software.  It also allows you o use your smansung mobile (and I assume the Serenata will be the same as it has HSDPA) as a mobile broadband connection.  I am currently using mine here at home whilst suffering from a cold and hence catching up on Beoworld info and praying my local dealer emails me to say that they have a Serenata in store for me to go look at!

Thanks again to Matt and Lee for allowoiung us to get the real view of the product.

Cheers Ricardo

 

Thank you Ricardo! I believe dealers in the UK will have Serenata in their stores in a month or so. I met one at the weekend who was hugely excited about being one of the first to see it (you know who you are 😕), and was hugely impressed!

A few of his customers also got a quick play and feedback was extremely good!

Hi & thanks for this second review, which brings even more "practical" everyday information about what one can (or can't!) do with Serenata.

The texting issue is my biggest concern, I still wonder why on earth couldn' t they make the whole display touch-sensitive? This would have made dialing/texting 100 times easier! And quicker..

Now I have another very practical question: when using it as a phone, it seems you have you ear on the metal upper part: how does it feel? cold? hot? My concern is: I live on a tropical island, and already get burnt with the aluminium gear knob in my car & the sunglasses branches during summer, so will I get burnt with Serenata too?? On the other hand, won't it be freezing cold agains your ear when used in Scandinavia??!

Hello Chris,

I live in Eastbourne, England, which is locally known as "The Sunshine Coast", which is English for "only rains 364 days per year".

Seriously, though, our micro-climate couldn't be more boring if it tried, and it is neither cold enough or warm enough for me to answer your query!

I would imagine if you left Serenata in the sun it could get fairly warm, but you could counteract that with the carry bag, or a leather case (when they become available).

You could of course just pop the speaker out and use that instead!

As for the touch-screen issue, the whole screen is only around 1.5inches tall, so there is not enough room to fit a full keyboard in. I sent my last text on the phone this morning though, and found that, surprisingly, I could spank one out in pretty much the same time as I can on my Nokia!

Honestly - give it a few days and it'll be like a faithful labrador at your side!

Matt 😂

A14BEO:

Honestly - give it a few days and it'll be like a faithful labrador at your side!

Matt 😂

So.................... your conclusion is.........it's a dog!😎😁

And in the movie is a short discussion with CEO of Bang & Olufsen - Torben Ballegaard Sørensen.

I would advise you to take a look, even when most of it is in Dutch.

http://www.bright.nl/dinsdag-designdag-serenata

I UNDERSTAND DUTCH!!!!! COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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 What a wonderful telephone! But ... how compatible is it with Mac?

Music <> iTunes. Does this work and what about DRM-protected tunes? ... 

Calendar <> iCal. I know it's built for Outlook but that doesn't help much.

I am strongly considering this phone instead of an iPhone ... but do I dare?

Are the limitations as a PDA too severe? I need to write down some notes, and

put some limited text in the calender ... and I need synchronization!!

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