<s>
The	O
Contempra	B-Device
is	O
a	O
telephone	O
designed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Northern	O
Electric	O
beginning	O
in	O
1967	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
phone	O
designed	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
previous	O
Canadian	O
sets	O
having	O
been	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
for	O
Western	O
Electric	O
and	O
built	O
under	O
licence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
highly	O
stylized	O
,	O
using	O
straight	O
lines	O
and	O
oblique	O
angles	O
where	O
curves	O
and	O
corners	O
would	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
contemporary	O
sets	O
like	O
the	O
Trimline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contempra	B-Device
remains	O
an	O
icon	O
of	O
Canadian	O
industrial	O
design	O
,	O
famous	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
being	O
featured	O
on	O
a	O
postage	O
stamp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
widened	O
the	O
base	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
more	O
stable	O
and	O
less	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
pulled	O
off	O
a	O
desk	O
by	O
the	O
handset	O
cord	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
moved	O
the	O
handset	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
to	O
provide	O
room	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
for	O
future	O
innovations	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
videophone	B-Application
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tyson	O
eventually	O
convinced	O
everyone	O
that	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
the	O
right	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Carterfone	O
opened	O
the	O
Bell	O
network	O
to	O
direct	O
connections	O
by	O
3rd	O
party	O
suppliers	O
,	O
and	O
Northern	O
Electric	O
began	O
production	O
of	O
Contempra	B-Device
at	O
a	O
plant	O
in	O
Nashville	O
,	O
selling	O
it	O
through	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
resellers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
its	O
larger	O
size	O
,	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
dramatically	O
more	O
modern	O
looking	O
than	O
the	O
Trimline	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
turtle	O
finding	O
refuge	O
on	O
a	O
log	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
soon	O
a	O
staple	O
of	O
television	O
shows	O
and	O
movies	O
attempting	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
modern	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
an	O
international	O
licensing	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
fifteen	O
licensees	O
selling	O
the	O
design	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
they	O
reorganized	O
their	O
product	O
lines	O
and	O
Contempra	B-Device
became	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
new	O
"	O
Imagination	O
"	O
line	O
of	O
phones	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
UK	O
Special	O
Range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimately	O
,	O
the	O
empty	O
area	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
of	O
the	O
phone	O
was	O
of	O
little	O
use	O
and	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
Contemprette	O
model	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
a	O
smaller	O
base	O
that	O
made	O
it	O
more	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
Trimline	O
in	O
size	O
while	O
still	O
retaining	O
the	O
strong	O
angular	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Contempra	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
outer	O
casing	O
of	O
the	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
made	O
of	O
injection-moulded	O
terpolymer	O
and	O
other	O
modern	O
plastics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Touch-Tone	O
service	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
Canada	O
in	O
1964	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
until	O
1971	O
that	O
a	O
Touch-Tone	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Contempra	B-Device
was	O
a	O
darling	O
of	O
the	O
design	O
world	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
being	O
featured	O
in	O
journals	O
in	O
the	O
industrial	O
design	O
and	O
telephony	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
