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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Nokia-Microsoft Lumia event liveblog!

Today is the day. I'm currently sitting in a press room in New York with a handful of my colleagues waiting on the event to kick-off. We think we know what the Finnish firm has in store – the Lumia...

Will PureView on the Lumia 920 disappoint?

In case you haven't heard already, Nokia and Microsoft are joining forces tomorrow morning in New York to make some announcements. At the press event, it is expected that Nokia will unveil at least...

When can we expect a better Accent Color picker, Microsoft?

Of all the mobile operating systems I have ever used, I openly admit that, in its current form, Windows Phone is among my least favorite. It's bland, dull, boring, inert, uninteresting and it lacks...

Where do you prefer your power button?

Nearly one month ago, I asked an offbeat question: "Are button and port placement at all important to you?" I imagine the placement of buttons and ports on a smartphone are the last thing that...

Do you want a smartphone with an edge-to-edge display?

I guess you could say there are many unicorns of the mobile tech world, devices that we know probably exist in some R&D lab somewhere that will never see the light of day. Or maybe they're just...

Does the Galaxy Camera tell a bleak story for the future of Android smartphone cameras?

Two days ago in Berlin, Germany, Samsung announced two show-stopping products, the successor to their strangely popular and gigantic phablet device, the Galaxy Note II, and a hybrid point and shoot...

The Lumia 920 finally has me excited for Windows Phone 8

On Wednesday, I covered what we might see at the Nokia-Microsoft joint press event in New York City. Given the relationship between Nokia and Microsoft and the few leaks we've come across, it was...

Do you take your smartphone to bed?

About 18 months ago, my sleep patterns were sporadic, unpredictable and likely very unhealthy. I would wake up around 9:00 AM each day and would work away countless hours staring into the bright...

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is a Galaxy S III on steroids

For months now, we've been hearing bits and pieces of information on the upcoming successor to one of Samsung's more surprising success stories of 2011 and 2012, the Galaxy Note. Being what was once...

What can we expect from the Nokia-Microsoft event next week?

One week from today, I will be sitting in a room in New York preparing for a joint Microsoft-Nokia press conference with hundreds of my colleagues, still wondering what all the hubbub is about. Up...

Are you still a specmonger?

I remember a time not too long ago when I – and many of my compatriots – wouldn't dare use a phone that was anything but the greatest the market had to offer at the time. That meant I had to change...

Charging all of my devices is increasingly problematic

Two weekends ago, I decided to finally put together the assortment of IKEA parts I had accumulated over multiple trips to the Swedish furniture store. I had researched a handful of different...

Google should avoid making another carrier branded Nexus

Does anyone remember a time when I got flamed for calling Google out over their Nexus line? No? Back in late November, I claimed they had lost their initiative, gave in to the pressures of wireless...

Has your phone ever gone for a swim in a drink, pool?

We travel almost everywhere with our cell phones. Whether its a trip to the restroom (seriously, and people always seem surprised to learn there are traces of feces on their pocket computer) or on a...

Where do you send pictures taken with your phone for backup?

While smartphones have yet to encroach on the DSLR market, they have all but devoured point-and-shoot cameras. As more and more individuals adopt smartphones over less adequately equipped feature...

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