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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If the leaks are true, I stand by The All New One's design

Leaks and rumors are the glue that hold this industry together, as we only have so many actual releases going on during any given year. Sometimes you'll have just a few days or weeks between...

High fives for the Fiverr app!

If there's one thing we should be able to appreciate with smartphones today, it's that they have been able to provide a convenient way to improve on-the-go productivity through applications. With...

Kids & surprise smartphone purchases: Whose fault is it?

A fairly large uproar in my neck of the woods struck media outlets today as news of a mother suing Google over $66 of in-app purchases made by her 5-year-old activated the 'Debate' switch in parents...

What are your camera requirements for the new HTC One?

When hear the words "Android" and "HTC" in the same sentence, a few things might come to mind: success, followed by failure, followed once again by success. Although HTC was once a regal and rather...

An Amazon Kindle smartphone might not be such a far off dream at this point

Gone are the days where upgrading to a smartphone will cost you an arm, a leg, and probably couple of kids if you wanted to get in on the action early. But these days smartphones are a dime a dozen...

It's time to step it up, other carriers

There are a total of four major carriers here in the United States. In the order of most to least amounts of subscribers, you have: Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. You would think that with...

Here's to hoping that Google Play editions cost less this year

Early last year, we had the pleasure of being introduced to a new concept when it comes to Android. During Google I/O 2013, an announcement was made that the popular flagship device from Samsung,...

Time to unplug your devices and plug into the real world on National Day of Unplugging

When you look around in social settings today, what do you see? In a lot of situations, you'll find that people are positively glued to their phones. Out with their friends, out to dinner with their...

Can we bring back the physical camera button?

If you switch between phones often, you probably have certain features about each phone that you like. If you're anything like me, you probably wish that you could take all of the features that you...

Wearables could use a fashion overhaul

I feel like I've been talking a lot about wearable tech lately, but at the same time with it being so prevalent nowadays it seems that there is a lot to say about them. I've talked about how I didn'...

Dual-booting Windroid: Practical or unfeasible?

We only have four distinct mobile operating systems to choose from today, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses about them. While they all share the same concept of revolving their...

Is this the one Ring to rule them all?

Wearable bluetooth technology that connects to our phones and enhances their features are sort of becoming the new craze around town. Even if you're like me and you're not exactly convinced with the...

Can you wrap your head around this wraparound display concept?

Flexible and curved displays are concepts that have been discussed for a while within the industry, yet it is only recently that manufacturers starting actually applying them to phones. We currently...

I will never understand aggressive fandom

It's kind of funny to see how people involved in the smartphone industry interact with each other sometimes. Whether you're on a website reading an article or a simple news piece, when you scroll...

Can HTC succeed with a Motorola-esque strategy?

With this year's flagships having already started rolling out with the likes of the LG G Flex, the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Sony Xperia Z2, it can be hard not to get excited about the fact that...

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