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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What are your must-have phone accessories?

  Odds are that when you go shopping for a new smartphone, a smartphone isn’t the only thing you end up going shopping for. Much like when you go shopping for a new pet, there are some extra steps...

Button Pushers: Virtual, physical, or capacitive?

  Have you ever felt that our modern day smartphones all pretty much look the same? If you look at smartphones today compared to the smartphones of yesteryear, that would almost seem to be the case...

Widgets? Nope, I like my Androids plain

  Back when I got my very first Android phone, my Samsung Vibrant, I was completely overwhelmed with how much I could do with the phone. The entire experience was completely different from my...

Just how successful could the Amazon smartphone be?

  Amazon.com, an online retail website, is the world’s largest online retailer. Word on the street is if you want it, Amazon probably has it. You want a tablet? You can buy it at Amazon. Need a...

All color variants should be released with a launch

  Color helps things stand out. After all, the world would be a boring place if it was all just one color, wouldn’t it? The same goes for our belongings. Not everybody drives a blue car, carries a...

There's still at least one good reason to keep BlackBerry around: The physical keyboard

  When I think of BlackBerry these days, it always feels like my mind shifts into “nostalgia” mode; I haven’t had a real desire to pick up a BlackBerry phone since I found out that BlackBerry 10...

Break free from "traditional" with FreedomPop's 100% Free Talk, Text, and Data [UPDATED]

  It wasn’t too long ago that we had a special offer for you from PhoneDog and FreedomPop that gave you the opportunity to get 500MB of 4G data for free every month (without contract). Although that...

What does Motorola have up their sleeve for May?

  Well, I suppose this was some unexpected news (at least it was for me): Motorola has an event scheduled in London on May 13. Motorola has been a hot topic the past year or so, with its first phone...

Android Silver: Is high end the way to go?

  We’ve all pretty much heard of Google’s Nexus program at this point, yeah? If not, that’s ok; it’s easy to figure out just why the Nexus program is so great. You can head over to the Google Play...

The Galaxy K Zoom might not be perfect, but it is pretty close to it

  Some pretty exciting news came in for photographers today when Samsung announced that they would be continuing the Galaxy Zoom line this year with the Galaxy K Zoom smartphone. Some of you may...

A phone with a 7-inch screen? Yep, it's probably going to happen

Well, I guess it probably wasn’t hard to see this one coming. The rumor mill is churning with talks of the next generation Samsung Galaxy Mega, and if you thought having a phone with a 6.3-inch...

Should Apple release an iPhone 6c this year?

  The Apple iPhone has been one of the most, if not the most, iconic smartphones to ever exist. Being the first “real” smartphone on the market back in 2007, the iPhone has certainly had its...

Is 16GB of onboard storage already too little?

  Storage is a peculiar thing, isn’t it? No matter how far we’ve come when it comes to storage, it almost always feels like we don’t have enough. Perhaps it’s because we’re always finding new ways...

As if Sony couldn't dwindle its U.S. user base any more

  Sony is one of the most recognizable names in the tech industry as a whole. They’ve been famous for mobile radios (Walkman), game consoles (PlayStation), laptops (Vaio), and a whole lot more. Sony...

The next Moto X needs to up the specs, drop the price

  It’s nearing the end of April, and we already have an impressive line-up of phones on shelves: the HTC One (M8), the Samsung Galaxy S5, the LG G Flex, and even the new OnePlus One handset on the...

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