Lauren Stern

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Lauren Stern

Smartphone newbie, trying to get as much work done with my newly embraced technology before it succumbs to hungry pets or a toddler that would love nothing more than to see if it floats. Currently living in San Mateo, CA.

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Commitment-Phobe's Journey: 'Pre'-pare for scale

  Some of my readers like to tease that “Palm is dead”.  Now I may not be an expert, but I think I’ll let the #10 Fortune 500 company do the talking (and if you haven’t realized which company I am...

Commitment Phobe's Journey: Electronic checklists

One of my goals over the last few years has been to cut down on my use and storage of paper.  To the extent possible, I have eliminated receiving, sending and maintaining paper mail, bills and other...

Commitment Phobe's Journey: What does your mobile email signature say about you?

I am not sure where mobile email signatures began, but what was once a casual occurrence has quickly become widespread.  I remember first seeing the “Sent via BlackBerry” signature and then the...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Where's My Car?

  As a mom, absentmindedness comes with the job.  Since this trait applies to many other overtasked individuals out there as well, I am on a constant quest to find and discuss those apps that can...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Apple compliments Palm?

Reflecting on last week, there’s a lot for Palm faithfuls to talk about.  First we learned that several smartphone top dogs were vying to purchase Palm, including Apple, Research In Motion and...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: The joys of visual voicemail

Voicemail.  I may not like it, but as long as my Palm plays such an important role in my daily life, it’s a necessary evil.  Retrieving voicemail is a lengthy process - you call the voicemail system...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Great go-to apps

Most webOS users have long since known of the half-off sale in the app catalog and are hopefully taking advantage of it.  If you are just learning this for the first time, get moving because the...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Personalization is not a myth

Personalization is not a myth.  I’ve seen it. When it comes to webOS, personalization has long been one of the biggest complaints by both reviewers and consumers.  While webOS has excelled in...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: The HP-Palm union

  There is certainly a lot of excitement going around since last week’s announcement that HP would be acquiring Palm.  Once all of the legal logistics are worked out, the potential for some great...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Is Palm dead?

  "A man's got to know his limitations."  I cannot believe that I just quoted Clint Eastwood.   I guess this officially means that I choose the next movie rental in my household.  But I digress. ...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Wikiplaces and GoodFood for Palm webOS

It is officially Spring and the newness of the season is contagious.  It’s time to shed the extra layers, pull out the sunglasses, take a deep breath of fresh air and get moving.  Whether you are...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: Mobile HotSpot on moving day

Smartphones step aside, Palm has given us something (more) to talk about.  While the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus have always offered the Mobile HotSpot feature, Verizon announced on April 1 that...

Commitment-Phobe's Journey: webOS' Universal Search

  The Palm Pre Plus has made one thing perfectly clear: Palm’s webOS is all about integration.  I was first impressed by the contacts feature of my Pre Plus, which I discussed previously, and how...

Keep the "Phone" in Smartphone

  My initial selection of the Palm Pre Plus was swayed heavily by webOS and its sophisticated multitasking and notification capabilities. The more I use my Pre Plus, I am finding many other great...

Palm Pre Plus & webOS: A commitment-phobe's journey

  Palm Pre Plus & webOS: A Commitment-Phobe’s Journey  Today I am the proud owner of my first smartphone – a Palm Pre Plus.  In the past, I had openly coveted the smartphones of others and...

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