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.

Author's latest articles, videos, reviews and more...

Verizon's Galaxy Nexus will not be a pure Android experience

I have voiced my opinion on how lousy this Galaxy Nexus launch (or lack thereof) has been several times now. Google and Samsung both could have been a little more prepared at their keynote in mid-...

Will mobile application development eventually hit a ceiling?

Arguably the most important feature of a smartphone is the slew of available applications. They're what make us waste or save time (depending on what type of apps you're using) and what make...

Would you want a fully transparent and flexible phone or tablet?

There's nothing I love more than a good ol' concept video. I'm always digging at the future, in search of what we might see in mobile technology in five or even 10 years. Recently, several...

Could fellow cell phone users eventually be the number one source for local news?

If there is one thing we rarely leave behind, it's our cell phones. With a slew of features we all have come to rely on, smartphones are now a staple in our day to day lives. And as that...

Could pesky fingerprints and smudges soon be a thing of the past?

Some of the most recent improvements to mobile technology include super fast and efficient processors, faster wireless speeds and thinner, lighter, more durable devices. But if we look back just a...

How do people pocket dial 911?

Butt dialing. It's an age-old problem that has plagued cell phone users for years now. We have all either been the culprit or victim in a butt dialing call. As of late, though, I had assumed butt...

Apple's design suggestions to Samsung are moronic and hypocritical

In case you've missed any patent-related news over the past several months, Apple and Samsung are still at each other's throats over a heated and out of proportion legal tiff. Apple is claiming...

Are cell phones more dangerous than we give them credit for?

Generally, the only dangers people associate with cell phones are severe addictions to Angry Birds, text messaging, Facebook or Twitter and some related wrist or thumb pain. In truth, phone-related...

Would you pay an ETF and switch carriers for a specific phone?

Owning a mobile device for the length of a contract, normally two agonizing years, is becoming an increasingly difficult thing to do. In a matter of weeks and months of a launch, a new phone can...

After a month and a half, I have only used Siri a handful of times

Instead of showing off a shiny, fresh piece of hardware during their arguably disappointing keynote in early September, Apple revealed a much-belated and long overdue upgrade to the then-16-month-...

Will you buy a Galaxy Note if it breaches US shores?

The Samsung Galaxy Note was announced at IFA in September. The Note ships with a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display, making it one of the biggest phones yet. The only three words that ran through my...

Why I decided to root my Amazon Kindle Fire

From the time the Kindle Fire was announced by Amazon in September, I have questioned the exact purpose of the tablet. Even after spending nearly two weeks with it and reviewing it, I still question...

No new phones should be made without built-in NFC support

Cheap, plastic credit and debit cards with magnetic strips that will inevitably fail at the worst time possible are so passé. As a consumer, I am constantly searching for a more modern way to pay...

Should OEMs create privacy displays for mobile devices?

One specific aspect in mobile tech that has been given a good chunk of attention as of late has been display technology. High-end mobile handsets have graduated from WVGA displays to qHD and 720p HD...

What feature of your smartphone could you not live without?

Smartphones are quickly becoming a common item for everyone – even children these days – to own. And as some of us learned this Thanksgiving, as more family members and friends begin to take the...

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