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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Are size and beauty or is power more important to you?

In light of rapid advancement and the addition of mind-blowing components like dual- and other multi-core processors, gigantic 4.3- to 4.7-inch displays and blazing network speeds, battery life has...

Do you password protect your mobile devices?

Being a lifeline for nearly everything we do, our cell phones tend to accumulate a lot of personal information. Text messages, emails, pictures, confidential work documents, bank statements, bill...

Android malware is quickly getting out of hand

Android Market has grown heaps since it first arrived in in October of 2008. In just three short years – seriously, it still feels like I bought my first Android phone just last week – Google's...

Do you ever wonder how dirty your cell phone really is?

The cell phone has quickly evolved from a novelty item to a staple in our daily lives. Never do we leave our phones at home, much less on the table or in our pockets for any extended amount of time...

Are you buying a Kindle Fire just to hack it?

Those of you who pre-ordered or made the trek to Best Buy and slapped down 200 bucks are likely pretty familiar with your Kindle Fire by now. Although it comes with rather decent specs for the price...

Amazon Kindle Fire First Impressions by Taylor

The Kindle Fire. Where to I begin? It's the little tablet that could. It has nearly everything you could ask for as a tablet buyer, especially for a low price of $199.99. Amazon has managed to...

Do we really need rear cameras on tablets?

In about a year and a half, tablets have evolved from the mobile devices we didn't know we wanted to the top items on many of our holiday gift lists. Whether the iPad, an Android tablet, the Kindle...

Are you dying to get your paws on Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs already?

One of the most unique and refreshing benefits of Android is the extremely active development community. In most cases, if you own a phone that has fell victim to Android's fragmentation woes, if...

Do you ever use HDMI out on your phone or tablet?

Some of the more recent changes to smartphones are simply incredible. Dual-core and even quad-core processors are fighting hard to put an end to plaguing lag. Some of the most recent cameras are...

Does the BlackBerry London spell promise for RIM?

Research In Motion's most recent history has been ... lackluster, to say the least. Stock prices have been plummeting since January and hit a seven-year low for the Waterloo-based company just last...

Google and Samsung need to learn how to launch a phone

It has been nearly a month since Google and Samsung teamed up and took the stage in Hong Kong to announce the latest and greatest in their portfolios. Samsung showed off some of the sweetest mobile...

Are you skeptical of iPhone 5 rumors now?

It would be an understatement to say that this years' iPhone rumors go a little out of hand. They sort of do every year – like when California police raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house in...

How Android manufacturers should offer custom interfaces

This past Friday, I speculated on what custom Android interfaces, made by none other than popular OEMs like HTC, Samsung and Motorola, would look like in Ice Cream Sandwich. Will they be as deeply...

Are you a mobile application hoarder?

Three years ago when I was a huge BlackBerry buff, I always had my nose buried in my phone. But I wasn't playing through a pile of flash game rip-offs or endlessly searching through pages upon pages...

What will custom skins look like in Ice Cream Sandwich?

One of the most prominent advantages to Android is all of the different flavors it comes in. With the help of old versions and custom interfaces from the handful of partner manufacturers, entering...

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