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...

Samsung Galaxy S2 firmware gets leaked, is this Gingerbread?

Back at the beginning of July, a list of specifications of the successor to Samsung's increasingly populary Galaxy S line of phones made its way to the Internet before the predecessor ever hit the...

iPad for $399 at some TJ Maxx locations

There's no doubt in anyone's mind that tablets are the present to give and receive this holiday season. If you were planning on gifting an iPad to a loved one and you're trying to dent the wallet as...

Black Friday: Viewsonic 10.1" G tablet at Staples for $399

You may remember an announcement of the Viewsonic Android tablets that came at the beginning of this month. Well, if you were wondering when the Galaxy Tab's arch enemy was going to steal the...

Motorola Flipout Review by Taylor

Overview What's Good: Small size that can be easily pocketed; decent physical keyboard; fast for a 720 MHz processor, no lag; 5-row physical QWERTY keyboard; friendly price tag for a smartphone at $...

Live wallpapers to give life to your Android homescreen

Aside from hundreds of neat, useful widgets, one of the most unique features of Android is the ability to set live wallpapers on your homescreen. They keep your device fun, fresh, and most...

HTC Surround Review by Taylor

The HTC Surround is Microsoft's latest mobile software, and I can honestly say that as soon as I turned on the Surround for my review, I was sold. Windows Phone 7 made its debut on AT&T here in...

HTC myTouch 4G Review by Taylor

The T-Mobile myTouch 4G is the big brother in the myTouch series. It's larger, packs much better specs, and looks great while doing so. HTC stuck to their myTouch roots with the design and kept it...

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review by Taylor

Yesterday, I was in line at my local Best Buy waiting to pay for my just-activated Samsung Galaxy Tab when my mother walked up from behind and said, “Oh, look! It's like a mini iPad.” It was then...

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review: Taylor's First Impressions

As many of you know Verizon's much awaited Samsung Galaxy Tab launched today. I was the eager customer waiting (alone) for the doors to open at the local Best Buy so I could get my hands on my very...

Study says risky behavior is related to hyper-texting

A recent study lead by Dr. Scott Frank, an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, reveals some interesting results about kids...

Windows Phone 7 software updates come from Microsoft, not manufacturers or carriers

One of the biggest frustrations when it comes to mobile platforms is software updates and their roll-out process. This is where Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 excels. ZDNet asked Microsoft about...

iPad and iPhone to be updated to iOS 4.2 this Friday?

It was only two weeks ago that the GM for iOS 4.2 was released to developers. The word now is that Apple will be pushing out iPhone carrier updates this Friday and that the update will be made...

Replacement software keyboards for Android

Anyone who has paid any attention to the devices that have been released over the past year would know that wafer-style phones with no physical keyboard are the trending style. Only a few Android...

Samsung Focus having microSD card reliability issues

Windows Phone 7 made its much awaited debut on AT&T yesterday, but not without its flaws. The Samsung Focus seems to be having reliability issues with the microSD cards that shipped with the...

iPhone users spend more on average, WinMo users have higher bills

Yesterday, Pageonce posted some aggregate user data on across various mobile platforms. Their data represented in these charts was taken from a random sample of 275,000 users with at least 5000...

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