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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What I hope to come from Google's completed acquisition of Motorola

Last August, Google surprised us all by proposing to buy Motorola Mobility for a cool $12.5 billion. It wasn't immediately apparent what Google's true intentions were at the time, though we figured...

It is unacceptable for Motorola to not update the DROID 3 and DROID X2 to Android 4.0

While software updates have always been a low point for the Android platform, Google has continually been working to improve its problem areas with each and every update. Last year, they teamed up...

Can the sender of a text message be liable for a texting while driving accident?

The point has been made a million times and will likely be made a million more. Texting while driving is dangerous. Studies show it, fatal crashes prove it and state laws (at least in 19 states) ban...

Chameleon is what Android tablet interfaces should have looked like all along

When Google decided to officially support tablets with its Android operating system, they also decided to temporarily fork the platform to support both phones and tablets separately. The idea behind...

My mobile gaming habits have almost completely stopped

Just two months ago, I was a mobile gaming fiend. At any given time, you probably could have found me tucked away in the back corner at a local Starbucks squeezing in some hardcore mobile gaming...

Would you consider switching to pre-paid to save money?

A few of my recent articles have been about the overall increase in the cost of owning a smartphone. The pocket-sized computers themselves are perpetually being improved, yielding a higher average...

Would you still own an iDevice if you couldn't jailbreak it?

Much like rooting, loading custom ROMs and kernels and hacking devices is increasingly popular in the Android development community, jailbreaking is the way of iDevice owners who aim to get a little...

Are you willing to pay more to get the plan and device you want?

As interest in the smartphone industry grows, owning one and paying for the service is becoming more and more expensive. New, data-optimized wireless networks are rapidly being built and expanded to...

Some features I would like to see in the Jelly Bean update

Another year, another Android version. In mid-2010, Android godfather Andy Rubin told us that software updates would be coming once per year, slowing things down a bit from the breakneck pace...

Does the multitasking 'issue' on the One X bother you?

HTC's One devices have been recipients of a lot of love from consumers and reviewers alike since we first saw them in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. I reviewed the HTC One X from AT&T...

Google, please let there be multiple Nexus devices for Jelly Bean

Typically, when we tech people think of the term "Nexus", we think of a single device and a single manufacturer for each major iteration of Android. The first Nexus, the Nexus One, was an in-between...

What will you do once you lose unlimited data forever?

For six or seven years now, my family and I have had multiple smartphones with unlimited data plans. We originally switched to smartphones during the days of Alltel and were unexpectedly and...

HTC One X Written Review by Taylor

After a week and a half of using the HTC One X as my primary device, I am confident in saying it is the most refined Android phone we here at PhoneDog have come across to date. HTC promised to bring...

Verizon needs a One, not another DROID

Three of the nation's four largest wireless providers either already offer or will soon offer a version of HTC’s new One series. AT&T launched the One X last Sunday; T-Mobile now sells the One S...

Should walking and texting be illegal?

Walking while texting is dangerous. At least that's what an ABC News implies the law enforcement in Fort Lee, New Jersey would have its citizens believe. “It’s a big distraction. Pedestrians aren’t...

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