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Week in Review: Short week, big stories
The top ten stories this week on ZDNet Mobile News.
- The big risk for Apple without Steve JobsThe world is watching Apple without Jobs at the helm and this is one risk to the tech giant.
- 2012: Year of the UltrabookIt is just a marketing term coined by Intel, but the thin, light laptop is coming of age next year.
- 2012 Mobile state of the Union: Part 1: SmartphonesHere's my take on the smartphone scene for next year.
- 2012 Mobile state of the Union: Part 2: TabletsTablets will continue to capture consumer's attention in 2012.
- 2012 Mobile state of the Union: Part 3: NotebooksIn spite of tablets the lowly notebook isn't going anywhere next year.
- The smartphonification of the global population: Power to the peopleThe phone puts so much power in the hands of the people, and the shift is underway.
- If smartphone OS companies made pumpkin piesAll in holiday fun, here's what pumpkin pies would be like if made by the mobile platform folks.
- Facebook phone: Been there, done that and nobody caredRumors aside, there has already been a Facebook phone and it is already forgotten.
- Kindle Fire: Non-techie perspectiveThe hot item for this holiday season from the eyes of a new owner.
- The common error of overloading mobile apps with featuresWhy mobile app developers should fight the urge to put lots of features in their apps.