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 often do you switch phones?

Most people, when they go into their carrier store with the intention of buying a new cell phone, they plan to keep that phone for the next two years. In exchange for a smaller price tag, otherwise...

Do you use screen protectors to preserve your smartphone's display?

There are hundreds of components within your smartphone that make it run as smoothly and efficiently as it does. But all of that would be for nothing if it weren't for the giant, glorious display. A...

GameTanium is the last thing I want for my Android devices

As I've explained several times now, I like to play games on my phones and tablets from time to time. Lately, I've been transfixed on Real Racing 2 HD, Dead Trigger and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in...

Will you be watching the London 2012 Olympic Games on your mobile device?

If there is one thing all of our gadgets are spectacular at, it's keeping us up-to-date on quite literally everything: friends and family, local and world news, our favorite sports teams and, of...

I would only recommend three Android tablets and they are all made by ASUS

Most people dream about crazy, wild and unrealistic adventures. An epic underwater battle against a regiment of mermen riding seahorses, for instance, might be a typical dream for someone my age. Or...

Can you cope with the somewhat creepy context aware digital assistants?

When Apple bought the already fairly popular voice search-based artificially intelligent assistant app, Siri, they integrated it into their own iOS platform and revealed it to the world (a second...

Do you find software or hardware more important?

It's not hard to argue that Android is currently the driving force in mobile, both in hardware and software. More so than its counterparts, Android has always moved at breakneck pace. Android was...

New Android phones on old software will become a thing of the past

Yesterday evening, Google pushed the official Jelly Bean update to the unlocked version of the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung, finally making the 4.1 version of Android available to non-attendees of the...

Why do smartphone OEMs face so much adversity when making quality cameras?

When people talk or write about smartphone cameras, you often hear them reference the popular saying: "The best camera is the one you have with you." That saying is mostly a half-truth. It's better...

OUYA could unintentionally turn Android into a serious gaming platform

If you compare today's mobile games with those from just two or three years ago, you can see a vast and very clear change in the approach from developers. It's not all about side-scrolling time...

How many devices does it take?

As our lives become more enveloped by ever-improving, ever-evolving, ever-more capable technology, extra devices tend to seep into our lives to fill every possible nook and cranny. One might carry a...

Google Nexus 7 Written Review by Taylor

Of all the devices we here at PhoneDog have managed to get out paws on, the Google Nexus 7 has to be one of the most interesting and surprising. We had been hearing since the end of CES 2012 in...

Jelly Bean for 7-inch tablets is a confused, bipolar hybrid

Two weeks ago, I touched on the topic of 7-inch tablets. I had tried three 7-inch tablets as personal devices and found them to be too "in between" or "supplementary" to replace the likes of the...

Do you prefer a unibody design over the alternative?

If you take a broad gander at the current smartphone market and all it has to offer, a lot of the options are beginning to look a lot alike. Most smartphones are large, sleek, black slabs that are...

If the Amazon phone is anything like the Kindle Fire, I will gladly pass

Following major announcements from Microsoft, Apple, Google, Research In Motion and countless other tech companies, we're beginning to enter the mid-year lull in which rumors abound. A great deal of...

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