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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Sony should stick to Vita OS and abandon Android

Sony has faced quite a bit of adversity as of late. Despite overall Xperia phone shipments being up, Sony's fourth quarter earnings report from 2011 was dripping in red ink. They recently acquired...

Should HTC tone Sense UI down a little?

Since the very beginning, HTC's Sense UI has been a love or hate thing. There are Android purists who prefer their experience with Google's mobile software to be untainted, or a vanilla experience,...

Do you play multiplayer games from your phone?

The best part about smartphones are the endless capabilities of their always-on data connection. It changes the way we use phones to communicate and the way we use them to stay entertained. From...

Windows Phone could use a little fragmentation

When it comes to Windows Phone, things are finally beginning to look up. The dust has finally settled after the first major software update, Mango; Nokia is now in Microsoft's camp, producing some...

What is your preferred method of communication with your phone?

From the very beginning, cell phones redefined how we communicate with others. No longer are we tied to a land line if we want to talk to our family without actually paying a visit. With a cell...

Should carriers do more to keep customers coming back?

Every time the topic of cell phones comes up in casual conversation with my friends and family (as if that ever happens), it seems like one of them is upset for one reason or another. There is...

All OEMs need to convert to micro SIM technology already

One of the largest benefits of using GSM technology over, say, CDMA, has always been the portability of devices, or the hassle-free method of swapping devices around. If you have two different...

Camera makers should partner with smartphone manufacturers

Years ago, everyone replaced their instant film and disposable cameras with a slightly more permanent option: digital cameras. Kodak was the originator of digital camera technology, and it...

Does an Ice Cream Sandwich port make you want a Nokia N9?

I remember back when we thought (official) Nokia-made Android phones were a possibility. Needless to say, those dreams were almost completely crushed by a weighty offer from Microsoft for Nokia to...

Is Motorola right to blame update latency on hardware?

One of the remaining issues with Android, despite the Android Update Alliance that formed in April of last year, is software updates. The alliance between Google and its partner manufacturers was...

Chrome for Android is awesome, even without Flash

Earlier this week, I wrote about how I would switch entirely to a tablet it it were possible. However, it's not possible for me, and I've had to discover new ways tablets can be useful in day to day...

Should mobile address books be more secure?

There has been a lot of buzz lately about privacy and users' information being compromised, stolen, exploited, etc. The whole Carrier IQ debacle is subsiding, but just a couple weeks ago, it was a...

What 'smart' accessory are you looking forward to the most?

In recent years, we've watched smartphones undergo some pretty radical changes. In comparison to devices from 2009 and 2010, current Android smartphones and the iPhone 4S are better in almost every...

How often do you check your phone?

It's rare for my phones to ever leave my side. I always have them either in my hand, in my pocket, or at least within arm's reach. (The only time I'm ever more than an arm's length away is when I'm...

What will be the iPhone 5's make or break feature?

If Apple sticks to routine (which they've been slipping on lately), we should be introduced to the iPhone 5 sometime later this year – hopefully sooner rather than later. We can't be sure what...

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