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PERSPECTIVES

Wearable Android
By Joe Pemberton, March 20, 2012

Ted Ladd from wearable device manufacturer WiMM Labs spoke at the San Francisco Android User Group last month.

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Android, Wearables
Is that a pen? The Samsung Galaxy Note
By Joe Pemberton, February 06, 2012

Yes, but not just any pen.

Now that Samsung's gleeful Super Bowl ad binge is over, will the Galaxy Note intrigue consumers?

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Android, mobile, Tablets
And In This Corner: Windows Phone
By Joe Pemberton, January 13, 2012

What was the hottest mobile development at CES?
Windows Phone and Windows Phone.


Mobile OSes compared respective to the the OS makers'
openness to third-party hardware manufacturers
and their relative openness to OS-level customization.

I’ve plotted the three leading mobile operating systems, arranged according to the customization opportunities of each. Not a shock that Apple is the most closed: no third-party manufacturers can license iOS and they hold tight control of the apps allowed in the iTunes market.

Android is at the other end of the spectrum. Manufacturers that deploy Android on their smartphones (but not Honeycomb or ICS for tablets) are free to adapt and customize it as they please because Google has written an open-source licensing model for Androi...

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Android, Apple, iOS, Microsoft, mobile, Windows Phone
11 Hot Perspectives From 2011
By Joe Pemberton, December 30, 2011

Our annual list of most trafficked Perspective Articles and Posts authored by Punchcut in 2011. The list might capture the zeitgeist of the passing year and give us a glimpse forward into 2012. As serendipity would have it the list breaks into some timely themes.

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Tablets For Tots and Other Toy Magic
By Joe Pemberton, December 12, 2011

Stuffed among 2011’s usual fare of flying sharks and saccharine, dancing Mickey® dolls are a few RFID sugarplums nestling their way into the toy season.

Skylander's Spyro for Xbox Is Radio-frequency Magic

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Consumer Electronics, RFID, Toys
Wearable UX Critique: Jawbone UP
By John Wayne Hill, December 05, 2011

Jawbone UP device

Jawbone UP is a fantastic wearable device which aims to make people healthier through data tracking. Can it succeed?

Editorial Note, December 30

Jawbone has issued a full no questions asked refund if you bought the UP, citing significant charging and syncing failures even after a few days of use. We can't help but applaud Jawbone's forthright, and maybe unprecedented, recall. The failing comes despite our strong impression of the user interface experience detailed below.


What is Jawbone UP

It is a wearable technology powered by a mobile application which tracks your steps, distance, calories burned, inactive and active workouts, as well as your sleep patterns. The system consists of a sleek wristband and an iPhone application. The wris...

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Critique, Design, iPhone, Jawbone, Wearable