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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Should manufacturers wait to release phones with current software?

Software updates and fragmentation – a sore spot for Android fans is a seemingly never-ending scab for anti-droids to constantly pick at. Our own Sydney Myers took it upon herself to crunch some...

Are you buying an Amazon Kindle Fire or iPad this holiday season?

The holiday season is just around the corner. If you go by when retailers start pulling out Christmas decorations, it began a couple months ago. And if you are unlike me at all, who waits until...

Do we really need quad-core processors in smartphones?

With each passing year and even month, smartphones become more powerful and more capable than we would have ever imagined just a few years back. I still remember the days where specifications weren'...

Would you pay for a mobile software update?

One of the most exciting times of the year for us tech enthusiasts is when all of the mobile platforms start to receive their updates. Seeing the individual platforms grow and mature is awesome, and...

What should HP do with webOS?

It has been an uphill battle for webOS since day one. It launched on the brink of an Android explosion and quickly fell from the limelight to the shadows only a few weeks after its launch. In short...

Which one of Nokia's technologies in development would you like the most?

If you look at all of the current smartphones on the market, there is very little differentiation across every smartphone lineup on every carrier. The most unusual form factor you will see is a...

Two reasons I might actually use a front-facing camera in the future

Smartphones have evolved in function and in form over the past couple years. They are perpetually becoming more powerful, faster and more useful. One of the more recent additions in the past two...

Do tiered data plans and promotions make things confusing for the consumer?

The days of unlimited data are drawing to a close and voice calling is on a decline. Tiered data is quickly becoming the new "minutes" and is easily becoming the staple of the mobile industry as...

Now that the Nokia N9 is available stateside, will you buy one?

We've been hearing about the fabled Linux-based mobile OS, MeeGo, for just under two years now. Intel and Nokia originally announced their partnership on the MeeGo effort in February of 2010. Since...

Does your smartphone help you save or waste time?

There is very little that cannot be accomplished from a mobile phone anymore. I used to rely on my computer for everything: browsing the Internet, social media, typing up and viewing documents,...

Is your smartphone primarily used for social media?

With the aid of cell phones, we are never more than a text message or call away. They help us in being more connected than ever before and always just a Google search (or a question asked of Siri)...

Should Android OEMs focus more on quality control?

One of the largest advantages to Android is the open availability of different handsets. You are not restricted to one carrier, manufacturer, price point, form factor or even specific software....

Are your friends impatient when you don't text back immediately?

The wide adoption of cell phones has undeniably changed the way we communicate with one another forever. Your old high school friends and relatives that live halfway across the country are only a...

Hey, Google, what ever happened to BlindType?

I have voiced my opinion on software keyboards several times now. In short, typing on a touchscreen is frustrating, nerve-wracking and annoying. Even after a two-year run with almost nothing but all...

How can Google expect developers to make decent Android tablet apps if they can't lead by example?

The battle between Android and iOS is one for the history books. In truth, it all boils down to preference and what works best for the individual. Most of the opinions thrown back and forth between...

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