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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Lenovo's Yoga tablet can tilt and stand, but can it sell?

Halloween is just one day away, which means the day after unofficially begins the holiday shopping season. Many already popular products start to go on sale as the gift-giving season commences,...

Motorola's Project Ara could very well be the future of smartphones

It wasn't too terribly long ago where I first made mention of the concept of Phonebloks, a new smartphone concept that let people customize their phones through interchangeable modules. Even from...

LG has the right idea with buttons on the back of their devices

When new smartphones come out, naturally we expect new features to come along with them. If we had the same old song and dance with every cell phone release, there wouldn't be such a desire to...

Companies might play dirty, but does that really have a negative effect on them?

Ah yes, playing dirty. Arguably one of the most aggravating things that humans tend do is to bend the rules in our favor, which means that businesses, run by people, are not exempt to such conniving...

They say technology makes us lazy, but my smartphone has actually helped my health

I'm sure we've all heard it from somebody: Technology is making the youth of today lazy, lazy, lazy. And while we roll our eyes, we continue to sit there and browse Facebook, update our Twitter and...

Smart glasses are starting to sound more appealing

Wearable technology is starting to become the new biggest thing to hit the market these days. Devices like Bluetooth headsets have been around for quite a while, but making its way onto the scene...

How long before smartphone cameras overtake digital cameras?

Smartphones have slowly but surely been taking over just about every alternative gadget that we use. I could go without a television, a calculator, a landline, and an mp3 player all because my phone...

Which curved display is better: LG G Flex or Samsung Galaxy Round?

Smartphones, for the most part, have always had the same uniform shape and design when it comes to the screen: flat. And why would we expect any different? Screens are flat on most electronics. But...

Themer takes the work out of customizing your Android, and it's great

My first real smartphone was an Android. I purchased the first Samsung Galaxy S device, the Samsung Vibrant. I fell in love with how much you could customize it - so much more than any other phone I...

A messy BBM launch is doing anything but helping BlackBerry

BlackBerry has had quite an interesting year. What started out as an optimistic fresh start into the modern smartphone world with BlackBerry 10 ended with the disappointing realization that it was...

Have phones changed the way you social network?

Social networks are nothing new to the Internet. They may not have always been as popular as they have been within the past 5 or 6 years, but they've certainly been around. Social networks can be...

A tablet with free data? Sign me up!

I don't even think I can set any expectations for T-Mobile anymore, because they've just been doing so many crazy things these past few months that they've pretty much surpassed any expectation I...

Will you be buying a new iPad this year?

Just a few hours ago, Apple held an event that showed off the newest generations of some of their most popular products. We saw the new generation of MacBook Air and Pro computers first, shortly...

How often do you connect your phone to a larger screen?

Back when I was reppin' it up at Sprint, one of the things I liked most about the job was being able to tinker with the stuff on display at the store. Sometimes there wasn't anything that great to...

Despite all that can be said about it, I would hate to see BlackBerry OS go to waste

BlackBerry has been the subject of many articles this past year, from the rumors of BlackBerry 10 finally making an appearance on shelves to the actual announcement and release of devices such as...

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