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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How practical are smart glasses?

I think it's safe to say that 2012 will be the year of mobile peripherals. Not long ago, we learned that Google and Apple were secretly slaving away in research and development on wearable computing...

Have you ever repaired a broken phone?

Dropping or damaging your cell phone is one of those tragic things you just can't seem to avoid sometimes. And it always seems to happen at the worst times possible: when you're between pay checks...

HTC is in need of another game changing device

Last year at this time, there was no doubt that HTC was the king of Android manufacturers. They were just coming off of a strong year of very solid devices that played a major part in the...

A 'mental context switch' between phones and tablets isn't a bad thing

When it comes to mobile operating systems, a person's preferences are quite possibly the most nitpicky preferences of all. For instance, I prefer a repeat notification LED on my phone instead of...

On average, how much data do you use per month?

The single most important feature in a smartphone is its always-on data connection. It's that connection, after all, that keeps you in touch with the online world all day, every day. Without it, you...

Different colored devices should launch at the same time as the original

There's nothing better than having a wide range of choices when you go into a carrier store for upgrade time. (Okay, I can think of a few things that are better.) And in today's market, there is no...

How would you change Windows Phone software?

Just the other day, I wrote on one of the outlying issues with Windows Phone: hardware. More specifically, specifications. In truth, the hardware is quite nice on most Windows Phones. The main...

What will you do with your Galaxy S since it will not see Ice Cream Sandwich officially?

Since Google announced the Ice Cream Sandwich update in October (as if we didn't know it was coming beforehand), Android users with older devices have been wondering if and when their phones would...

How often do you tether with your smartphone?

Over the past two years, a topic that has garnered quite a bit of attention is tethering. Using a smartphone's existing wireless connection to connect a PC to the Internet is nothing...

How CyanogenMod 9 saved my Galaxy Tab 10.1

I have owned a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Wi-Fi only) and used it excessively nearly every day since I found it on sale at Staples last summer. To be completely honest, it has been the best tablet I...

In the near future, the doctor could be only a video call and co-pay away

By a show of hands, who else hates making routine trips to the doctor's office? I have a feeling that few of you didn't raise your hand, or at least think about it before realizing how ridiculous...

How often do you rate the applications you buy?

We've established by now that applications are a major part in our smartphone lives. Among other things, applications are what give smartphones extended and ever-evolving capabilities. Without them...

My New Year's tech resolutions

Happy new year, everyone! It's seriously hard to believe that 2011 has already come and gone. It feels like just yesterday that I was kicked back, enjoying my summer vacation. Now it's already 2012...

Top 5: Best tablets of 2011

Well, this is it. It's the very last day of 2011 and boy was it a year chock-full of new devices, patent disputes and acquisitions (or attempted acquisitions). We got to witness hundreds of new...

Do you care for the quickly approaching smart watch trend?

Trends come and go with the changing of the wind in the mobile world. One minute, faster processor clock speeds is the only thing on our minds. The next, it's all about how many cores the CPU has....

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