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.

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Is NFC as a local content sharing platform viable?

One of the few things I remember from the Google I/O 2011 developers conference is the introduction of NFC support. The Android development team hadn't yet implemented Android Beam, but they...

Has your smartphone replaced your old point and shoot camera?

With the never-ending capabilities of modern smartphones, it's difficult to choose a single most important feature. But subconsciously, we like to choose a lone feature that will make or break a...

The Nexus 7 inexplicably found its way back into my arsenal of devices

Following the Google I/O developers conference opening keynote in late June, where Google announced the Nexus 7, Nexus Q and made Android 4.1 Jelly Bean official, I felt mostly indifferent. The...

An LG-made Nexus may not be so bad after all

The holiday season is nearing and rumors of the upcoming Nexus handset(s) are ramping up. We've heard from many a little bird that HTC, Samsung, LG and a few other partner Android manufacturers will...

Five reasons you should buy the Galaxy Note II

Samsung caught the world off guard with its first questionably large smartphone, the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note. Many feared it was too big to be considered a smartphone, too clunky to carry in your...

Would you pay $2.99 per month for a vanity number?

If for some reason, every number in my long list of messy contacts were to inexplicably disappear, I would be totally out of luck. Aside from my own cell phone numbers (which I admittedly forget...

Motorola Atrix HD Written Review by Taylor

We go through a lot of phones here at PhoneDog, and the Motorola Atrix HD for AT&T is definitely one the more interesting handsets. On the inside, it hosts some of the more common high-end...

Five main reasons I always carry an Android phone

Many of you already know that I'm not a one platform man. Each and every day, I leave my apartment with at least two mobile devices in my pockets. I carry at least two smartphones with me almost...

It isn't 2007 anymore, can we stop with carrier exclusives already?

When the iPhone originally launched in 2007, AT&T was the sole carrier that introduced the game-changing smartphone to the world. AT&T inked a deal with Apple that would keep any competitors...

My Galaxy Nexus will soon be the Pre 4 that never was

The first time I ever used webOS was with version 1.0, the original Palm Pre. I worked as a wireless sales consultant at the time and worked the day of the the Pre launch. So I picked one up before...

I'm on the fence about the purported Nexus program change

If the people had it their way, HTC would once again have a crack at partnering with Google to make a Nexus smartphone. Some want Sony or ASUS to have a go. Others just want Samsung to keep the ball...

AT&T Pantech Flex Written Review by Taylor

In an unexpected twist, Pantech launched a very high quality device last month, the Pantech Flex on AT&T, and it is undoubtedly one of the more interesting Android handsets to cross our paths...

Some of us are too A.D.D. for cell phone conversations

I've written in the past about how voice calls and I don't get along. The cell phone changed the rules of engagement with communication in more ways than one. Where it was once acceptable to not...

Why do we need the One X+, HTC?

Earlier this year, HTC delivered on its unlikely promise of refocusing its devices and software on what matters most: quality over quantity in hardware and de-cluttering and simplifying in Sense UI...

Does Nokia still have a chance at a turnaround?

Until April of this year, Nokia was the world's largest cell phone manufacturer and had been for 14 very long years. And its in-house platform was the most popular mobile operating system until the...

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