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SFI Affiliate Marketing


SFI ( International) Marketing Groupwas launched in 1998. Starting with just one product, sold only in the United States, SFI has now grown to more than 44000 products and services (and growing daily) sold in more than 190 countries around the world.
SFI was created to allow anyone with a computer and Internet access the opportunity to tap into the worldwide e-commerce revolution. Anyone of legal age in his or her country can become an SFI affiliate for free by filling out an online registration form. There is no obligation or purchase requirements of any kind.
Once registered, affiliates are provided with professional Websites for marketing SFI's products on the Internet. SFI also provides all necessary sale support services, such as customer service, payment processing, and product shipment – all at no cost to the affiliate. For each sale generated, SFI pays the referring affiliate a commission. Additional commissions can be earned by building and leading affiliate groups. 

Skype for your Android device

The skype version 2.6 for android mobile device launched. Now with this launch the skype users can easily send pictures, videos and other files directly from the application to their contacts. This feature will be supported both in Wifi and 3G data connections. Now almost anyone with an android device running android 2.2 or above can try out skype video calling for free.

The new application version is available for download via the Android Market for all devices running under Android 2.1 or newer. The software is available for free and weighs in at 12MB. Another great thing about this launch is that the battery life is improved with this version especially for devices running on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset – where these will include the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola XOOM and Acer Iconia Tablet among others. Basically, as long as your device has Android 2.2 Froyo or better, you can always try to give Skype video calling a go.

You can download Skype 2.6 for Android from the Android Market now.


webOS : an open source project


HP has decided to continue webOS as an open source project. Now webOS is following the similar path that Android did. By open-sourcing it, HP will give other manufacturers the opportunity to use the platform in their devices.

This decision of HP will not only enhance the use of its webOS with other tablet manufactures, but also gives a chance of increasing its presence in the tablet market. Lack of apps was the biggest problem that webOS was facing till now as compared to its competitor like android, iOS. So webOS has to overcome this problem and regain the trust of third party developers.

It will be interesting to see if the open source of webOS can attract new interests from third party developers. It is both the ending and the beginning of the operating system.It is expected to be the best move for webOS to make it live in the competitive market. As we can see google is investing a lot on android OS for tablets as an open source project.

Hope it works well for the company and it could attract developers as an open source project. The android and Apple’s iOS dominate the smartphone landscape and at this point of time the webOS bet makes sense. By open sourcing webOS lets hope that HP can find a following for the mobile platform. This arrangement of the company with open source community will give other developers to work in it and keeping the webOS live in the market.

Sony P - Ultra Portable Tablet


The new Sony P tablet is launched with a clamshell design making it stand out from the crowd. This design makes it a perfect compact device in the market. The Sony P comes with a dual screen, with each of the screen measuring 5.5 inches in size. Talking about the feature of this device it is packaged with the latest android platform, 4G capable, Sony Entertainment Network with Music Unlimited, Video Unlimited and games for PS Certified devices.
With the Sony P tablet featured with two screens it gives a complete different experience when using it, as compared to the other android tablets running honeycomb.

This tablet works great for gaming as it is play station certified. The bottom screen of the tablet works as the controls while the gaming action takes place all in the top screen. To the gamers advantage the touch screen is responsive enough.

The Sony P tablet has an ultra portable design. The upper and lower portions have a rounded back, so when it's closed, the tablet does a good impression of a long, slightly flattened cylinder that's probably not much larger than a glasses case. The tablet looks very stylish. The tablet comes with a front and rear camera, with a mere weight of only 372 g.

But away from its unique design and style the Sony P tablet has been slapped with a hefty price tag by the company, which would really be a matter of concerned among the tablet lovers.

Android 4.0-Operating System

Android Tablet

Android 4.0 is the latest version of the android platform for phones. It comes with features people loved most about android such as easy multi-tasking, customizable home screens, resizable widgets and deep interactivity and with powerful new of communicating and sharing.

The most important feature is its simplicity. It makes you navigate with ease with simple, intuitive gestures. Animation and feedback throughout the system makes interactions engaging and interesting. Virtual buttons are present across all application which makes it simple for you to navigate all around the applications with ease. Multitasking has been the key features of android operating system and with the android 4.0 it is made easier and visual. You can jump from one application to another with the new recent application buttons.

Android 4.0 makes managing notifications, recent apps, and browser tabs even easier. You can now dismiss individual notifications, apps from the Recent Apps list, and browser tabs with a simple swipe of a finger.

Android 4.0 introduces a powerful new voice input engine that offers a continuous "open microphone" experience and streaming voice recognition. The new voice input engine lets you dictate the text you want, for as long as you want and with a language of your choice. You can speak continuously for a prolonged time, even pausing for intervals if needed, and dictate punctuation to create correct sentences. As the voice input engine enters text, it underlines possible dictation errors in gray. After dictating, you can tap the underlined words to quickly replace them from a list of suggestions.

Android has always been cloud-connected, letting you browse the web and sync photos, apps, games, email, and contacts — wherever you are and across all of your devices. Android 4.0 adds new browsing and email capabilities to let you take even more with them and keep communication organized.

3G (Third Generation Technology)


Coming with the history of 3G Technology it was implemented in Japan for the first time in the world. But today with growing time the technology is serving 25 countries over more than 60 networks having its existence in Asia, Europe and USA. Video conferencing has been a major factor in the success of the technology.

While 2G stands for second-generation wireless telephone technology, 1G networks used are analog, 2G networks are digital and 3G (third-generation) technology is used to enhance mobile phone standards. The main reason for the evolution of 3G was due to the limited capacity of the 2G networks. All the function performed in a 2G network can be performed in a higher speed in a 3G network.

With 3G technology it has been possible to transmit packet switch data efficiently at better and increased bandwidth. The amount of bandwidth needed for 3G services could be as much as 15-20 Mhz, whereas for 2G services a bandwidth of 30-200 KHz was used. Hence, for 3G huge bandwidth is required. The aim of the 3G (Thrid Generation Technology) is to allow for more coverage and growth with minimum investment.

Though there are many advantages of 3G network,there are few draw backs like upgrading the base station and cellular infrastructure to 3G incurs very high cost and it also has a very high power consumption. But the drawbacks will be minimized when this technology will be used extensively.

The highlight of 3G is video telephony. But now much awaited 4G technology stands to be the future standard of wireless devices.

Motorola XOOM-Android Tablet


The Motorola Xoom is a 10.1-inch tablet which is slightly larger than the iPad. This is the first tablet running Android 3.0 "Honeycomb," the tablet-optimized version of Google's popular Android operating system. The Xoom's hardware is solid. This is truly the first real competitor to the Apple iPad. The Xoom has better specs all-around than the current iPad. The design is sober and discrete.
The hardware is sturdy and impressive. The Xoom weighs in at 730 grams and is 12.9 millimeters thick –almost identical to the iPad, the screen is wider, with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. That gives the Xoom an edge when watching movies and browsing larger websites. The top quarter of the Xoom's rear is encased in a soft-touch plastic. There is no issue on touch screen responsiveness but it is somewhat a heavy device.
There is 32GB storage for apps, movies, music and photos. There’s a 2.0 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat and a five-megapixel shooter on the back. The 5.0 mega pixel shooter on the back actually produces decent well-balanced pictures.
The Xoom speakers are worth further mention. They are loud and to the point that sound is distorted coming out them. But when things are at a more manageable level, the sound is great. Listening to podcasts and talk radio is without effort. You have the power button on the back and volume buttons on the left-hand bezel, and that is it.
The XOOM is vast on connectivity, with EVDO Rev.A, WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and USB 2.0, along with a 4G LTE update in the pipeline, but it’s worth noting that it won’t make voice calls. If you want to actually talk with someone using the XOOM you’ll have to pick a VoIP client. With Skype, Fring, Qik and others in the Android Market, and Google Talk preinstalled in Honeycomb, most users should find something to fit that gap.
Much of the XOOM’s strength comes from Android 3.0 Honeycomb. It’s a convincing and polished platform, which brings a highly usable multitasking environment to the tablet marketplace, neatly distinct from the “oversized smartphone” accusations levied at previous Android slates. The XOOM may only be the first Honeycomb slate, but it’s a strong start to what’s going to be a fiercely competitive race.