In our quest to bring you the lowdown on all things cutting edge, it’s all too easy to forget about the more traditional gadgets – the sort of gizmos that we’ve been using for years and years and have become very much “part of the furniture”.

Take the landline ...

We don’t feature too many landline phones on The Gadget Show, but when they’re made by Danish home entertainment style maestros Bang & Olufsen we’re happy to make an exception.

The BeoCom 5 is an aluminium-bodied cordless phone with a hands-free speakerphone built into its charging base. And it’s ...