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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I think the Nexus 5 is the perfect successor to the Nexus 4

News and reviews of the Nexus 5 are still popping up as we discover the new device just a week after its release. The Nexus 5 not only brings a new and improved design to the Nexus phone, but with...

Between Apple and Google, I can't tell who held a better launch this year

Within the past two months, the mobile industry has been nothing short of hectic with phone releases, two of which most notably come from the most popular phone companies in the business. Back in...

How will you be conducting your holiday shopping? I'll be using my smartphone

Ah yes, the holidays. It's my favorite time of the year. With Halloween having been and gone just a week ago, it is officially the mark of the holiday season - at least in my house. Radio stations...

The resolution on our phone is fine, guys, really

There are very few things that I don't get excited about when it comes to new features in smartphones. Better battery life? Excellent. Better camera? Sweet! Stronger material and housing design?...

How much does color influence what smartphone you're going to purchase?

Every smartphone, whether its considered flagship or not, can almost always be expected to be released in one very basic color: black. It's also a pretty safe bet that at some point in time, whether...

Will the rise of the 8-inch tablet push the 7-inch tablet out of the way?

Like the iPhone, the iPad may not have been the first computer tablet on the market (by far), but it was definitely the first one that mass amounts of people cared about. The large, 10-inch tablet...

Would the world be a better place if Apple and Google were friends?

With the introduction of the original Apple iPhone back in 2007 came an open invitation for competition to develop. When you have a product as popular, well-received and revolutionary as the iPhone...

What are some of your favorite advancements in mobile technology?

We've all been there. We've all been so frustrated with our shiny new smartphones in one way or another that we just wish we could go back to a simpler time, where all cell phones did were make...

Rockstar vs. Google: Biggest patent troll yet?

People involved in this industry are no strangers to the fact that the smartphone industry is at its prime. The industry itself has grown tremendously since 2007, so it comes as no surprise that...

Have you moved on to bigger and better phones?

As each new phone comes out lately, it's clear to me that the trend having a phone with a larger screen is probably not going anywhere any time soon. I kind of figured it would only be a matter of...

In a world where prepaid is no longer taboo, have you switched?

When I check in on mobile news, it's not uncommon to come across an article about some new prepaid phone service popping up. Not only that, but people get pretty psyched about them, too. It's...

You're on a roll, HTC; keep up the good work

Every company to ever exist - ever - will eventually be under scrutiny for one reason or another. For Samsung, it's been their choice of plastic housing for their flagship phones. For Apple, it's...

People are still waiting on apps for Windows Phone 8, Microsoft

I know this is a tired old subject that is rather redudant throughout the mobile industry, but I can't help but continue to wonder why no real effort is being made for mainstream applications on...

Thank you for the treat this Halloween, Google

After much thumb-twiddling and toe tapping (okay, maybe that's putting things a little too lightly) we finally hear the official word from Google that yes, the leaks were true; yes, the Nexus 5 is...

It's almost the most wonderful time... to buy a smartphone

I'm going to start this off by making a small disclaimer: I try to come up with creative titles for my posts. Straight up honesty here though, sometimes they don't really sound that good. This is...

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