Taylor Martin

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Taylor Martin

Taylor Martin is the Managing Editor for PhoneDog and has over six years of experience with BlackBerry and two or more years of hands-on experience with mobile platforms like Android, webOS, and iOS. When he isn't writing into the wee hours of the morning, Taylor is hacking, tweaking, and modding one of his phones or tablets to do his laundry and cook his breakfast. Away from cell phones and other gadgets, Taylor spends his time with friends and family and enjoys playing video games, eating sushi, tweeting, and watching anything of worth on Netflix – especially documentaries. If you have any Netflix recommendations or tech-related questions, follow him on Twitter. Just remember to keep it under 140 characters, folks.

Author's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

Is BlackBerry 10 too little too late?

All eyes have been on Research In Motion all month long, waiting, wishing, hoping that the once mobile giant can turn things around. The Waterloo-based handset and software maker has worked through...

Here's to hoping Apple can standardize 128GB

For months now, I have been hounding virtually every mobile manufacturer about an increasingly problematic matter. You guessed it! Storage space. As smartphones and tablets have matured and...

Do you still hack your phones?

When I bought my first Android smartphone, the last thing on my mind was breaking out my laptop and flashing the latest mod. I wasn't even sure what "rooting" was, considering it was the second...

I'm only two six-second videos in and I love Vine

Ever since Kevin Systrom's and Mike Krieger's co-creation, Instagram, sold for a cool $1 billion to Facebook, there has been a mad grab for the next big mobile media sharing platform, a metaphorical...

My ideal mobile setup is a high-end smartphone and mid-sized tablet

Earlier this week, I explained that my week spent carrying nothing but the DROID DNA every day was great and that switching back to a two-phone setup was both annoying and difficult to cope with. As...

I want dual-LED notifications on all smartphones

So I've moved on from the DROID DNA. I carried it exclusively for a week and discovered a lot about the highlights and sore points of the device, what it's like to carry a single smartphone again...

Should unlocking your cell phone be illegal?

One of the several advantages of SIM technology is the ability to seamlessly swap out cell phones with like-banded phones. For instance, if you got tired of your current phone one day and had...

How many different mobile devices do you use each day?

As we strive to have a single device that does it all, no mobile device can … yet. So many of us have found comfort in using multiple devices to get the job done. With every generation, though,...

Carrying just one phone is remarkably and understandably serene

For the last four years, I have carried no less than two smartphones with me everywhere I have gone. I plug up two phones beside my bed each night; I pack (at least) two phone chargers when I plan...

HTC DROID DNA Written Review by Taylor

The HTC DROID DNA was first announced in November 2012 and to date, it is one of the best built smartphones to come into our possession here at PhoneDog. It is the first 1080p smartphone to grace...

Mid-sized tablets need 1080p displays, too

The modern tablet boom started with the 9.7-inch iPad and arsenal of 10.1-inch Android tablets. In late 2010, however, tablet manufacturers began to deviate from the 10-inch standard and have since...

HTC DROID DNA Challenge: Day 8

A lot can change in a week. When I woke up last Monday, I had content plans and ideas that I had full intentions of seeing through. And, well, things changed. Moving forward, I will no longer be...

OEMs, can you please stop making phones with anodized aluminum?

Phones are generally only made of a few different materials: silicon, plastic, glass and some metal. From time to time, there are anomalies like this Bamboo phone, for instance. But if you make the...

Are you interested in a Facebook phone? (Poll)

In case you missed it, there was a Facebook event earlier today, where Facebook was believed to be unveiling a phone. Of course. Every inkling of a Facebook event over the last two years has led to...

I want a Nexus One part deux

For years now, the Taiwanese-based handset manufacturer, HTC, has produced my favorite Android hardware. Lately, though, the company has found itself in a rather deep rut, struggling to turn a...

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