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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T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide Review by Taylor

The myTouch 4G Slide is the newest entry in the popular myTouch line on T-Mobile's network and one of the more powerful phones to make its way to the probing hands of a PhoneDog reviewer. With a 3....

Is augmented reality the answer to current navigation woes?

It seems like every week – and sometimes more often than that – someone outs another technology that increases the reach and functionality of our pocket-sized computers. Five years ago, I was amazed...

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide First Impressions by Taylor

T-Mobile's myTouch line started as a mid-range, user friendly Android line. It has since grown to harvest some of the best Android phones on T-Mobile's smartphone lineup. At first glance, you may...

Should Motorola forget about the Bionic and focus on the Dinara?

At CES this year, there were numerous Android handsets announced that were bound for Verizon's network – for those keeping count, that was over six months ago. Since then, only some of them have...

Can Google change the outcome of Apple's suit against HTC?

The patent war on the Android front has been picking up over the last month or so. Samsung and Apple have been back and forth, pointing fingers and bickering like little children over who did what...

Motorola DROID 3 Review by Taylor

It may have taken Motorola three attempts to perfect the horizontal sliding QWERTY design, but they have finally struck gold; the DROID 3 is easily one of the most solid and well-designed Android...

Has the smartphone changed the way we listen to music foerver?

Believe it or not, there was once a time that I actually purchased Compact Discs, better known as CDs, for all of my music needs. If I wanted a song, the best way to listen to it was to purchase the...

What would a world without HTC-made Android phones be like?

From the very beginning of Google's venture into the mobile world, HTC has played a major role in the rapid growth and popularization of Android. Although they were in the mobile game long before...

Taylor's top five mobile games (July 2011)

While I'm not a huge supporter of mobile gaming – mainly because the controls are painfully cumbersome to use – there are a select few that I'll play on occasion. I have always liked to keep a few...

Should the Pre 3 remain unchanged for the sake of time?

Since buying Palm back in April of 2010, HP has tried their best to breathe life into Palm's web-based mobile platform, webOS. Much to their dismay, HP quickly realized that they are up against much...

Should Android OEMs officially support MIUI?

When Android first hit the market, its interface was just one of the many areas that the platform struggled. Over the span of three years and many updates, Android has experienced some pretty major...

Forget Android and iOS, this is the perfect superphone

Being in the position I'm in, I often get asked which phone I am carrying, why I picked that particular device and even which upcoming phones pique my interests the most. Over the past year or so, I...

Tablets can be vital business tools, too

Starting up or running a business is tough work and very time consuming; there are a million different things to consider every step along the way. Business owners all around are constantly looking...

A few devices that could turn your smartphone into a gaming handheld

Mobile gaming is bittersweet. It's nice having fun games on the go that are usually just as easy to pick up as they are to put down. But the smartphone has undergone some major changes over the...

Are smartphone users buying more apps and paying more for them?

Applications could easily be regarded as the backbone of the smartphone world. Some will argue that applications only matter so much, but without them, smartphones would hardly have enough...

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