Anna Scantlin

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Anna Scantlin

Anna is a Contributing Editor at PhoneDog.com. She was born and raised in Kansas City, which ironically is not located in Kansas, but in neighboring Missouri. She has an ornery son named Riley, who may or may not be more obsessed with technology than she is. Her passions include writing, drawing, gaming, music, and of course mobile tech! She's been a member of the PhoneDog team since August of 2012 and is a serial cell phone hoarder.

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Apple Music

An ode to streaming music apps

We all have our reasons for loving (and sometimes loathing) our smartphones. For many there are multiple reasons – after all, they can do so many things. Although it’s easy to be critical of things...
Toddler smartphone

Kids and smartphones: What age is the right age?

I was 16 when the Apple iPhone was unveiled in 2007. At the time, I had no idea what kind of impact that tiny handheld computer would have on the world, if any at all. Love it or hate it, looking at...
Microsoft Lumia 950XL

There is still reason to be concerned for Windows 10 Mobile's future

The smartphone industry has been in a duopoly between Android and iOS for quite a while now. With these two operating systems increasing their collective market share each year, leaving less than 4%...
HTC One M7 M8 M9

HTC still needs help with device names

I’ve been a fan of HTC for quite a while now. Some of my favorite Android phones were made by HTC, like the HTC myTouch 3G Slide (I loved how solid the slide mechanic was, and the keyboard was really...
Smartphone glow

How your phone could be causing insomnia, and what you can do about it

Our smartphones have become a central part of our everyday lives. We use it to communicate, for live updates to the news, to document our lives with photos and videos, for entertainment, and so much...
BlackBerry logo

Could BlackBerry's classic candybar style design fare well with Android's OS?

Just days after the headlining BlackBerry Priv hit retail shelves, rumors are already starting to surface of another BlackBerry manufactured Android device. This rumored device is dubbed the...
T-Mobile Binge On

I want to love Binge On, but net neutrality concerns leave conflicted feelings

It's hard not to get swept away by one of T-Mobile’s Un-carrier events, especially with the rambunctious CEO John Legere leading the way while cursing up a storm and riling the crowd up with the...
T-Mobile Un-Carrier

Simple Choice Amped for T-Mobile doubles your data for free

Binge On, T-Mobile's new free video streaming service (for customers with 3GB of data or more), wasn't the only big announcement for the magenta carrier today. Un-carrier X, T-Mobile's tenth foray...
Binge On T-Mobile

"Binge On" by T-Mobile now official

For the past couple years, T-Mobile has been rolling out its “Un-carrier” initiative in waves, with today’s live event marking the tenth Un-carrier move from T-Mobile, dubbed “Un-carrier X”. As the...
Apple iPhone 6 Plus

What I hope to see in the Apple iPhone 7

I’ve never been a loyalist to any one platform, as I pretty much like certain aspects about each one. I have noticed that I tend to gravitate towards iOS and Android equally, likely due to how...
LG Nexus 6P

2015 has been a great year for mobile

In less than two months we’ll be heading right into 2016. For me, the holidays always seem to go by much more quickly than the rest of the year does, so two months will feel more like 2 weeks to me....
Nexus 6P bend

Why the Nexus 6P "bend" problem is a non-issue

Shortly after Apple's introduction of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, which arguably brought Apple’s biggest change to the iPhone’s design to date, an issue emerged that spawned weeks’ worth of worries,...
Halo back button

A real back button would be nice for the iPhone

If you take the most recent Apple iPhone, the iPhone 6s (or 6s Plus), and you compare it to an original iPhone that was released in 2007, you will see that not a whole lot has changed. The same...
BlackBerry Priv

Carrier exclusivity for the BlackBerry Priv? Bad idea

BlackBerry and Android fans alike have been waiting anxiously to get their hands on the much anticipated BlackBerry Priv smartphone, the first smartphone that features BlackBerry hardware and runs on...
Nintendo smartphone

My hopes for Nintendo’s first smartphone game: No game-breaking microtransactions

In mobile news today, word spread rapidly that Nintendo will be announcing its first official smartphone game tomorrow. As one of about five total people who own a Wii U, I can’t express how excited...

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