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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Every Android manufacturer could learn something from ASUS

Despite Android phones and devices looking more and more alike with every passing moment, each manufacturer has a certain way of conducting their business. From the hardware and different...

Thanks to Zynga and OMGPOP, I spend every night catching up on a backlog of games

From the time that Zynga's popular social games made their way to Android and iOS, I've been playing them off and on, among several other mobile games. In fact, over the last month or so, I've...

Don't be a sore loser, Microsoft

To date, Windows Phone hasn't really received the attention or adoption we or Microsoft expected it would, especially here in the States. Things aren't necessarily bad, for Microsoft; they virtually...

Have you ever lost your cell phone?

One of the worst feelings in the world is when you reach in your pocket to grab your phone and the only thing there is an enormous wad of lint. Maybe it's just not in the right pocket, so you pat...

I need an away status for voice calls

I hate voice calls. In fact, I think I hate talking on the phone more than just about anything. But I especially hate talking on the phone at another person's convenience. Unlike a decade ago, the...

What type of cases do you use on your phones and tablets?

I'm an accessory junkie. If there's a case or attachment for any device that I own, chances are, I have at least one and use it regularly. And throughout my time with any device (phone, tablet,...

Would you consider buying an all-glass iPhone?

Two years ago, when Steve Jobs took the stage and announced the iPhone 4 would sport two glass panels instead of the typical one, a lot of people we skeptical. We'd seen metal and plastic used...

Will a larger iPhone with LTE face the same problems as the new iPad?

The next iPhone, although we really know nothing about it, is already one of the most highly anticipated devices of 2012. Every iPhone model to date, regardless of specs and new features (or a lack...

For what and how often do you use your tablet?

Tablets are strange things. They do nothing and everything at once. They're not really capable of anything more than your smartphone is, yet they can't hold a candle to a laptop or desktop. Still,...

The new iPad and tiered LTE data plans are a bad combination

There were a lot of happy people when Apple announced that the new iPad would come with 4G LTE connectivity in tow. Instead of sticking to slow 3G or resorting to only Wi-Fi, new iPad users can now...

The S Pen is a lot more useful and fun than I thought it would be

Up until last Friday, I was dying to get my hands on a Galaxy Note for a personal device. (You all probably know that by now.) Appropriately dubbed "phablet," the Note is a mix between a smartphone...

The Galaxy S III will likely be a victim of wild rumors

In the mobile industry, we are always looking ahead, trying to predict what might happen next or what a new device will entail before it ever even becomes official. In most cases, rumors don't fully...

Benchmark tests are great, but all I care about is real world performance

When it comes to tablets, there are two that have found themselves in the limelight as of late. Apple's new iPad, as most new iDevices do, drew the crowds out on Friday for its official launch. And...

How I would change the Galaxy Note

I've been talking a lot about the Galaxy Note lately. It's nothing new, I know. But I've been hoping that, one way or another, I could get my hands on one for use as a personal device. As many of...

The downside to phones and tablets with extra large batteries

Oh, battery life, when will worrying about you become a thing of the past? Ever since everyone started to realize that they can do almost everything they do with their computer from a pocket-sized...

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