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...

How to take better pictures with your smartphone

Since I ordered my iced americano and snagged a table at this coffee shop, I have watched no less than four individuals snap a picture of their drinks or of the artwork on the walls. All I can do is...

What is your favorite app for 2012?

I've explained more than once that I love mobile applications and, when it comes to buying premium apps, I am probably a little too loose with my money. But it's all for a great cause and, most of...

What was your very first smartphone?

Over the years, I have lost official count of how many phones I have owned. I have used at least seven different mobile platforms, some clearly more than others, and have switched phones hundreds of...

How HTC can recover in 2013

This year has not been the greatest year in HTC history. Despite some great handsets in its lineup, the Taiwanese-based handset manufacturer faced more hurdles and tribulations than anything. And it...

Have you added a tablet to your wireless plan?

From the time smartphone adoption started growing rapidly, shared data plans were inevitable. Quick and simple or ongoing text message conversations and always-on data connections began to replace...

I'm quitting Instagram, but not over the new terms of service

In just two years, Instagram has exploded in terms of users, adoption and notoriety. As of May, the network had over 50 million users and over one billion photos had been uploaded. And the growth of...

How far do you go to customize the look of your smartphone?

Over the course of several years, smartphone design has taken a turn for the more conservative. While some manufacturers still express their penchants for superior design, the overall end product is...

I have serious reservations about leaving iOS

When I published my review of the iPhone 5 in late September, I knew it wouldn't be long before I was tired of the phone, before the newness of the device would wear off and I would be interested in...

What piece of smartphone technology do you want to see improve in 2013?

It's been said a million times. We have seen countless changes and improvements over the years in the mobile realm. For instance, 2011 was the year of the dual-core processor, and 2012 has been the...

I can honestly say I'm getting excited for BlackBerry 10

In July, following a BlackBerry 10 slider concept render and months years of seemingly endless leaks, I wrote a piece titled I'm beginning to lose interest in everything Research In Motion does....

What's on your Google Play wishlist?

I don't have an exact count, but I've purchased somewhere north of 150 applications for Android. There was a time I would go on buying sprees and buy anything and everything that looked interesting...

This year's smartphones are much more resilient to obsolescence

In 2010 and 2011, I had to constantly trade and sell phones to stay current. Over what seemed like weeks, smartphones would become outdated, old news. Hype and anticipation would surge, the phone...

Taylor's Top 5 AT&T smartphones for the holidays

Over the last four months, there have been dozens of new product announcements. Most of them have launched by now. A handful of newly launched phones landed on AT&T, just in time for the holidays...

Do you want a dual-screen smartphone?

Not long after I started here at PhoneDog, the mobile landscape started to change quite rapidly. Mobile chipset manufacturers cleared a huge hurdle and broke into multi-core architecture territory....

Do you watch movies or television shows on your smartphone?

Over the last two years, the way I use my smartphones has flip-flopped, expanded, contracted and has done a complete 180 again and again. I've gone from using smartphones solely as communication...

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