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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How to customize your Android without rooting

Recently I've been covering a lot of topics in regards to rooting and jailbreaking; installing ROMs, modding your device and understanding Cydia, among other things. But while rooting and...

Do you use your phone's personal voice assistant?

It all started in 2011 with the introduction of Siri in the iPhone 4S. Siri is an intelligent electronic personal assistant that is activated by voice, and much like how smartwatches are being...

The Nokia 515 is the first feature phone that has interested me in years

Now here's an article I didn't think I would be writing in 2013. A new feature phone that's set to come out next month from Nokia, the Nokia 515, has actually caught my attention among articles and...

Nokia might be jumping the gun on the rumored Lumia 1520

A "big" trend in the mobile industry (hurr hurr) lately has been to make big screens - really big screens, in some cases. It's not just flagships anymore, either. Phones that are considered mid-...

How much data do you actually use?

There's no arguing that data plans have gone from something we could easily deal without to one of the most important decisions we make when choosing our phone plan. From having the barest of...

I'm starting to like that iOS 7 is a radical change, but not too radical

Apple's September 10th event is right around the corner, and soon after I expect that we'll see an influx of people talking about how they feel about iOS 7. I first tried iOS 7 after its first beta...

Was BlackBerry aiming too high with the Q10?

You know, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for BlackBerry phones, mostly because it was such an iconic device of my early days in high school, right before it was cut off abruptly by the...

What's the real reason behind the Nexus 4's price drop?

Choo, choo! All aboard the train to Speculation Station, everybody's favorite train they wish they had never set foot on but always end up having a good time anyway. Following yesterday's news about...

The joys of retrogaming on your Android device

As many of you know, aside from being a mobile phone fanatic I'm also a pretty avid gamer on the side, at least when I can. Between parenting and work, I don't have a whole lot of time to spend...

What excites you more about next gen phones: The new technology or the price drop?

Spring and fall are two very exciting seasons during the year for the mobile industry, mostly because those are generally the seasons when we get to see the year's new tech hit the market. Earlier...

Here's to hoping that Sony does it right

September is already looking to be an exciting month in mobile with IFA, Samsung, Sony and Apple all set to bring us all the latest gadgets and gizmos that we've been yearning for for months. It all...

Have instant messaging apps become a moot point?

Texting is definitely one of the more iconic communication methods of my generation. I had grown up around adults who were getting cell phones as a means of ringing up one another while away from...

Is a thin phone really that important?

Phone manufacturers always produce their phones based on what they think will sell, and the trend is always changing. 10-15 years ago the important thing was to keep the phone small. The next fad...

Wearable tech is starting to sound more appealing

Wearable technology is starting to actually make a name for itself in the industry. What was once just a fabled piece of technology that comic strip character Dick Tracy wore, back before phones...

What Microsoft should add to Windows Phone 8

One of my favorite games to play on the weekend is a game we're all familiar with, even if you've never given a name to it. It's a game I like to call "Armchair CEO", which is where I sit down and...

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