Is a Bluetooth transfer what happens when you kiss someone after eating a blueberry? Are solid state drives just hard drives that have shucked the political nature of the country? And if you don't use a Kindle to start a fire, what exactly do you do with it?

Here's a little help for those of you who are not so savvy, technically speaking.

Your phone or computer's "Bluetooth" can be used to transfer files and connect peripherals (printers, webcams, etc.) to cellular phones and computers. You know that perfectly normal person in the grocery store who appears to be talking to him or herself? Most likely they are utilizing a Bluetooth device so they don't have to hold onto a phone.

Solid-state hard drives are a new and still very expensive technology. What makes a solid-state drive "solid" is its lack of moving parts. It is coveted as the reliable alternative to the existing technology. Is it worth dishing out the extra dough for the fancy technology? The added cost in the new technology does come with its advantages. In addition to being more reliable, solid-state drives are faster, quieter, and use less power. For comparison, a 32-gigabyte, solid-state drive can range between $75 and $320, whereas a 500-gigabyte moving-parts-included drive ranges between $75-$200.

There is one place where solid-state hard drives have caught on: the netbook trend. Every manufacturer from Dell to HP has produced a mini-laptop or "netbook." The Eee PC comes with seven-inch, nine-inch, or 10-inch screens, flash or standard hard drives and comes with Windows XP or Linux software. Their processing power and screen are not for the power user, but to browse the Internet and check e-mail, these little gadgets work just fine.

Another trendy and portable device is Amazon's Kindle. While you won't be starting fires with it, it does remove the paper element from national newspapers and almost 200,000 books. On top of saving trees from bookshelves, it also connects to thousands of blogs, holds over 200 book titles, and displays photos and reads documents from Microsoft Word.