http://www.buymegetme.com Watch my videos on TheStreet.com Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:00:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BuyMeGetMe.com is going all modern – and wireless! The staff here has decided the time is now right to allow all of these pearls of wisdom to fly through the air so it can be read on your spiffy Kindle book reading devices. Starting right now. Our perfect prose will now be available for downloading ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/03/03/bmgm-goes-kindle/ [caption id="attachment_2100" align="alignright" width="256" caption="Copyright Apple 2010"][/caption] Apple has a problem. It's a problem they've created for themselves.  They wanted full control over all the content on their portable devices – and now they have it – warts and all. They've decided to ban “some” apps from their iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad App Store ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/23/apple-bans-bikini-apps-sort-of/ My friend, the freelance Kindle tester/expert, is at it again. When last we read about his exploits, my friend (let's call him Mr. Kindle) was frustrated by the fact that he was on his third Kindle within a few short months.  At least, that third device seems to have done the trick ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/18/amazon-kindle-woes-part-2/ Is there enough wireless spectrum to go around? Do you care?  You should.  We're running out of “airwaves” to broadcast everything including cell phone traffic.  Unless we figure out a way to fix that – or conserve- we're going to be in trouble. Just a few short years ago, cell phones worked ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/17/running-out-of-cell-phone-frequencies/ Today, industry giant Microsoft announced a top-to-bottom revision of their cellular phone operating system now being called Windows Phone. The new Version 7 was announced by Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer in his keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress confab in Barcelona, Spain. From all the coverage I've seen Microsoft seems to ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/16/windows-phone-7-big-deal/ A few days ago I received an email from Research in Motion. RIM is pleased to invite you to participate in a limited preview of an upcoming application for BlackBerry smartphones. We’re offering you and a few other select BlackBerry and Twitter fans the chance to be the first to try ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/12/blackberry-meets-twitter/ These are the best small speakers I've ever heard. They're so good they're actually some of the best speakers I've ever heard regardless of size or price. Sterling Broadcast's LS3/5a's have a long history behind them.  In the mid-1970's the BBC created official, technical specifications for a number of loudspeaker designs they ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/10/stirling-ls35a-worlds-best-small-speaker/ The Palm Pre Plus is a whole lot like the Palm Pre – only a little more so. Let me explain. The Palm Pre was the first smartphone to come from the newly reincarnated Palm company. After depending on the ancient, original Palm OS for way too long the ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/04/palm-pre-plus-perfection/ In case you are on the fence about whether the new Apple iPad is right for you (see below) here are some encouragnign words from some people who know. (Not that they're biased, or anything like that...) http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/01/apple-ipad-bragging-rights/ I've waited until the dust settled a bit before speaking my mind. In the interim, I've heard from a large number of people who think Apple's new iPad is a bad idea. Aside from the horrible name (yes, also I thought of all the rude possibilities within seconds of the ... http://www.buymegetme.com/2010/02/01/apples-ipad-a-good-idea/