Nexus One, you used to be cool

I just bought a Nexus One for work (through my Android Developer account), and when I turned it on I immediately noticed that something was wrong. It was different from my own Nexus One. One thing I really like about the N1 is the AMOLED display. Contrast is incredibly good and black is truly black, not grey. In the end of July HTC decided to change the hardware on both Desire and Nexus One, and so the new unit I bought through work does not have an AMOLED display but a rather boring"Super LCD" instead. Here's a couple of pics.

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The two phones next to each other. The trackballs look different as well.

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A macro shot of the non-OLED device

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Macro shot of the OLED device.

Bang & Olufsen

Last week we (the CIID/DKDS Pilot Year) visited a bunch of different companies. One of them was Bang & Olufsen, makers of extraordinary hi-fi equipment. Sorry for being such a geek, but I really love the old Bang & Olufsen designs. These five are my favourites (actually the MX tv should be here as well, but I didn't get any shots of it):

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And as a small bonus, a close-up of the Beosound 5 controls and the Beo 5 remote - extremely well-engineered aluminum parts. Maybe a bit over-engineered actually?

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Here's the Beo 5 remote. I still don't know what I think about the design though.

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And finally: B&O's office and factory buildings are in general a bit boring, but the newest one was actually quite interesting. Here's a couple of shots from the inside.

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You can see more photos from our industry visits in my Flickr gallery.