Punchcut

We're Punchcut - a user interface design company specializing
in mobile and convergent experiences across devices.

Wearable Android
By Joe Pemberton, Mar 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, Feb 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, Jan 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 t...

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Android, Apple, iOS, Microsoft, mobile, Windows Phone
Android Design Preview: We Can Stop Emailing PNGs To Ourselves
By Joe Pemberton, Nov 23, 2011

In device UI design there is no substitute for viewing a design on the target display. Finally, with Google's announcement of a real-time preview utility our designers can stop emailing PNGs to themselves.

Google has released a new Android Design Preview utility that creates a live, real-time preview of your desktop. Our visual design team already relies heavily on the equivalent Mac and iOS tool LiveView Screencaster and Google's Android Design Preview is sure to save us from emailing files to ourselves.

If you use LiveView Screen...

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Android, Development, mobile, Tablet
The Apps We Love
By Joe Pemberton, Feb 18, 2011

February calls for a roundup of the precious little apps we would not want to live without.


We end up trying a lot of mobile apps — an occupational hazard of sorts. However, these iOS, Android, Blackberry and WebOS gems are the apps we keep, use and recommend.

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Android, Apps, iPad, iPhone
Brands in the Mobile Space: A Response to Appvertising
By Joe Pemberton, May 10, 2010

App-vertising is emerging as a means for brands to engage with consumers through downloadable mobile apps. Marketing and advertising professionals herald the growing app trend as a more sure entrance into the elusive mobile landscape. The pre-iPhone landscape of fragmented mobile platforms and mobile OSes had previously confined marketers to the lowest common denominator options: WAP sites and SMS campaigns.

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Android, Apps, Device, Experience, iPhone, LBS, marketing, mobile, UI