Eventually marketing departments will cotton on to the advertising potential of mobile, so enjoy it whilst it lasts.
http://adage.com/article/digital/placing-ads-underestimate-mobile/230853/ 

Finally the Amazon Fire arrive. Here is an article with a bunch of reviews:
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/11/14/amazon-kindle-fire-review-roundup/ 

Whilst Apple seem reluctant to embrace NFC - waiting to join later in the curve - there are many reasons to get behind it. Mobile payment is one, sharing from phone to phone is another, and now product validation. 
http://androidheadlines.com/2011/11/new-nfc-chips-can-be-embedded-into-products-to-identify-cheap-knockoffs.html
AND to buy a can of Coke!
http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/2011/11/11/coca-cola-tests-nfc-enabled-vending-machines-to-bolster-mcommerce-presence

The largest maker of cash registers and other payment processing devices, VeriFone have been spending the cash recently. They have just purchased a company called Point that deals with 10 million transactions a day across 11 countries and 450,000 merchants. No doubt there will be NFC upgrades on the way.
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/14/verifone-acquires-point/ 

45 huge mobile phone operators want to put NFC in the SIM card. Yet more reason to start looking at the potential uses of this technology.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/45-operators-commit-to-nfc/016163

“The hope with HTML5 is that it will save us from a fragmented universe that is bad for innovation, developers and consumers.” - The internet will win.
http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/software-technology/11465.html

“61% of UK consumers do not want to engage with brands in their social networks” - Yeah, get the hell out of my face already.
http://wallblog.co.uk/2011/11/14/brands-wasting-time-and-money-on-misguided-digital-strategies-study/

115 million smartphones purchased in Q3 2011.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/smartphone-sales-up-42-per-cent/016171