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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Apple needs to open sharing APIs instead of integrating individual services

When Apple announced iOS 5, it announced there were 200 new features and many  much-needed improvements brought to the company's popular operating system. Among many other things, the ability to...

Is the iPhone on Cricket enough to make you go prepaid?

As postpaid services become ever-more-expensive, cheaper alternatives are beginning to look increasingly enticing. The prices of many prepaid services are nearly half of what you would pay with one...

Should Apple retire the 30-pin dock connector for future iDevices?

Rumors of the upcoming iPhone are currently running amok. They will continue to swell, expectations will grow and concepts will saturate headlines until Tim Cook (or possibly Ashton Kutcher ... or a...

Are you watching more video content from your smartphone?

Of the many things smartphones can do, one thing they do best is give users access to rich media content from virtually anywhere in the world – provided the carrier offers sufficient service. The...

Ingenious knickknacks like these are why I love Kickstarter so much

Over time, the popularization and advancement of mobile technology has warranted the creation of some pretty unique attachments and accessories. Just to name a few, companies have created pocket-...

Do we really need 1080p displays on smartphones?

Before Apple released the iPhone 4 with the LG-made Retina Display, smartphone display pixel densities were one of the less important features of a phone. Then, it was all about processor speed,...

Zuckerberg, stick to software because nobody wants a Facebook phone

Back in September of 2010, we heard the very first inkling of a rumor that social media giant Facebook would be ponying up and building their own mobile operating system and a budget-friendly phone...

How mobile technology has made me more productive

My life is almost entirely consumed by mobile technology. In everything I do, pocket-sized technology is there to make my life easier, to make remembering and getting things done in a timely manner...

It's not going to be easy, but I'm phasing out carrier texting

One of my primary tools for communicating with people I know personally (read: the people I know IRL and not just online) is simple message service – better known as SMS or text messaging. I do not...

Why I prefer the iPhone for listening to music

A few months back, I explained that I carry two phones every day. I always have an Android phone on hand, and most of the time, I carry an iPhone as my secondary device. Between the two, there are...

Are you getting excited for Project Glass?

Early last month, following rumors of fueling loads of cash in various R&D projects around wearable computing, Google announced one of the most intriguing projects it has taken on of late:...

I hope Jelly Bean brings more focus on webtop functionality

Smartphones are incredible machines. Broken down, they are essentially all of the technology of your home computer (plus a decent camera and touchscreen), crammed into a pocket-sized device. And...

I haven't had the urge to root my HTC One X yet

I've had the HTC One X for going on three weeks now. I bought it on launch day, May 6, and have been using it as my primary device ever since. It has become my go-to device for streaming Spotify,...

Are your bad cell phone habits getting worse?

Cell phones are the most integrated pieces of technology in our lives. We use them night and day to work, document our every move through social media and to stay in touch with loved ones. But the...

Kiip's reward-based mobile ads may change mobile advertising forever

Advertising is the way of the media world, and especially the way of the Web. Without advertisements, Facebook would never have become what it is today, and the online world would be a totally...

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