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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Would people care more about the iPhone 5C if it was actually cheap?

It's only been about a month since Apple announced their new iPhone lineup for the year, which included taking the iPhone 5 out of the picture entirely in favor for the more plastic-y iPhone 5C....

Can we take a moment to appreciate what T-Mobile is doing?

It hasn't been very long since T-Mobile officially launched their Uncarrier campaign where they broke the mold and decided not to be just another carrier who locks users in to two-year contracts...

How much would you pay for the Nexus 5?

It won't be long now before the great unveiling of the next generation Nexus device, and as usual the leaks and rumors are at full speed trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle that make up...

Is the Samsung Galaxy Round the future or just another gimmick?

Samsung is at it again, doing what Samsung does best: making more phones with more features than anybody else. It's not necessarily a bad thing, especially because they're in a position where they...

How has your usage changed over the years?

Cell phones have always played a pretty important role in my life since about the age of 11 or 12. Before then, I never really cared or gave them a second thought. But about that age is when my...

I really like what HTC has done with the One line this year

Every company has their share of good times and bad times. We see this quite often in the mobile industry - one minute Nokia was the king of all things mobile, and the next moment you've got...

Advertisements and Google Apps don't mix

Android is the world's most popular mobile platform, and it got to be that way for several reasons. The Google-owned mobile OS is open-sourced, meaning that developers have a lot of free-reign over...

How would you like to try a GoogleBerry on for size?

The mobile giant known as BlackBerry has had an interesting year to say the least - and by interesting, I mean somewhat depressing. I've expressed in past articles that it is bittersweet knowing...

Dear Google: Please integrate SMS with Google Hangouts

As cell phones change, so does the way that we use them. From flip phones to smartphones, we can see just how our usage has changed just by the way that we hold the phone; flip phones were always...

I hate that technology advances so quickly, but I also love it

I think we all pretty much know by now that when a new phone or new device comes out in this industry, it's not very long before it's been replaced by something way better. Sometimes it can be as...

Here's hoping that Google gets the smartwatch right

Smartwatches are slowly but surely becoming more of a recognizable device now-a-days. 2012 was the first year where we really saw the idea takeoff with the Sony and Pebble smartwatches, although...

I love that Android's KitKat includes older Android devices

Google seems to be playing a big part in the mobile industry this month, with the rumored release of the new Nexus phone and the new Nexus 10 tablet coming at us sometime in October. With the...

Two week exchange and return policy is too short

So, you just came home with your brand spanking new smartphone. You're excited and ready to roll with your new device. The rep at the store tells you that you have 14 days to return your device or...

Have you always gotten what you paid for?

Finding and choosing a smartphone can sometimes be a harrowing task, specifically if you're not exactly sure what you want when you go looking. There's a lot of questions to ask yourself when...

Whatever happened to honesty is the best policy, Samsung?

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was only recently released, and as expected the phone is just blazing fast. With a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor under the hood, you wouldn't expect anything less of it,...

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