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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Do you check online prices with your phone while shopping?

Being a tech fiend and an accessory junkie, I'm constantly looking for new and interesting things to buy – things that will make my collection of devices more fun or more functional. Not long ago,...

What do you do when the phone you want doesn't launch on your carrier?

Phones come and go faster than they ever have before. It seems almost as if a new phone is launched every couple days in today's market. The DROID RAZR MAXX launched just three days ago, so a new...

Do you use Google Voice at all?

Mobile phone service has never been regarded as a service that comes cheap. Voice calling, text messaging and data are generally billed as separate services, and each is considered relatively...

Wireless surface charging is long overdue

One of the worst feelings is to look down at your phone and be greeted with the "Please connect charger" warning prompt. For many of us, our phones are our lifelines, providing us with a constant...

Android Beam is as cool as I had hoped, but leaves room for improvement

When Google and Samsung took to the stage in Hong Kong to announce the Galaxy Nexus and latest Android update, Ice Cream Sandwich, they had quite a few new features to show off. Some, like Face...

Android's automatic backup and restore service is great ... when it works

I will admit that I grew somewhat tired of Android last year. I had been through way more than what most would consider a healthy number of phones, and the majority of those were Android-powered....

Will Android tablets match iPad market share in 2012?

To date, many have viewed Android tablets as sort of a joke. In the midst of a slew of Android and Windows tablets, Apple's two different iPad models have been dominating the entire tablet market,...

An iPhone with Lytro Plenoptic technology would be amazing

As many of you know, I'm a sucker for a phone with a nice camera. And recently, that's one piece of the puzzle that has been under the microscope more than anything else. Between the Galaxy S II,...

A $99 Nokia Lumia 900 could hit LTE and low-end Android devices where it hurts

The worst part about picking out and buying a new phone is buying the new phone. Nobody likes to swipe their card for a few hundred dollars for a new smartphone, no matter how awesome or...

When social sharing goes too far

It's crazy to look back and see how the nature of social media has changed over the course of just a few short years. Back in my early high school years, you were a nobody if you weren't on Myspace...

Why streaming music works best for me

The ways that smartphones have impacted and changed the way we consume media is truly amazing. Pairing a portable media device with an always-on data connection has forced us and content providers...

This is how Ice Cream Sandwich should be

Back when I first got my Galaxy Nexus, I spoke some of the most blasphemous words a Nexus owner can speak. I said that I wasn't going to root the Nexus right away, simply due to the fact that Ice...

Thorsten Heins is not the man for the job for RIM

It was back in June of last year when we first heard the possibility of RIM's oddball, dual-CEO structure being split up. The small and dwindling glimmer of hope of a turnaround grew, ever so...

Every cell phone should have a physical mute switch

You're sitting in a perfectly quiet room, minding your own business, maybe even paying attention someone speaking with intent and honest to goodness interest. Then ... it happens. Your phone fires...

Powerbag Deluxe Backpack Review by Taylor

While this year's CES wasn't the most eventful or exciting, there were many great products, and one of the coolest PhoneDog came across were Powerbags. On the outside, Powerbags are nothing more...

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