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 you could create your own phone, what would it be like?

Here on PhoneDog we often bring up how cool it would be if we were actually able to create our own phone entirely - especially when it came to the rumors about the recently announced Moto X, which...

The perks of installing a custom ROM on your Android

Android phones are both wonderful and dangerous devices at the same time. What makes them wonderful is you have the ability to customize your phone further than most other platforms will allow you...

Other phablets will have a hard time competing with the Note without a stylus

The HTC One, Galaxy S4 and the Sony Xperia Z have been competing against each other in head-to-head battles since the phones were announced earlier this year, and being arguably three of the biggest...

Smartphones and MMOs? It checks out

I am a huge nerd. Seriously though, besides being a huge fan of mobile technology, I'm also a pretty avid gamer. Now, I've never been into the first-person shooter games like HALO, Call of Duty,...

Should you purchase the original iPhone or the "S" model?

On the news side of PhoneDog today, our own Alex Wagner reported on the circulating rumor that the next iPhone is set to be announced on September 10th. If Apple is sticking to any sort of pattern...

Is it too late for new platforms in the U.S.?

Earlier this year there was a lot of talk of new open-sourced platforms that we were supposed to see come to fruition this year. Canonical's Ubuntu for Android, Mozilla's FireFox OS, Samsung's Tizen...

Could a smartwatch end up being your main phone?

Cell phones are weird. Yes, weird. They're unpredictable little pieces of technology; even when you think you know the direction they're heading in, something changes. Take a look at cell phones in...

Apple and innovation: Patience is a virtue

Innovation. This word happens to be one of our favorite words here in the mobile industry. We can probably thank the late Steve Jobs for that, for it was his company that really started the whole "...

UltraPixel might not wow me, but Zoe does

The HTC One has gained a lot of traction since its official release back in March, and for a couple of key reasons. The first being the most noticeable, and that's the premium aluminum unibody...

What would you do with 384GB of storage?

Internal storage, SD card, iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon Cloud... sounding familiar? They should, because these are just a few of the many ways that our phones collect and store all of our...

How does the LG G2 hold up to the competition?

As most of you already know, today LG officially announced their G2 device, which is the successor to the LG Optimus G. The specs on this device are impressive to say the least, and with a 5.2-inch...

I'm sick of color refreshers months after a device's release

Incoming rant. This year definitely hasn't been a dull one when it comes to new phones, especially in regards to design. This year also seems like the first year we've really been able to fairly...

Windows Phone App Studio is a good opportunity

Windows Phone is the third most popular mobile platform in the world, and depending on how you look at it, being third out of fourth isn't that bad. On the positive side, at least you're not fourth...

Here is why the BlackBerry Q5 should be widely available in the U.S.

BlackBerry 10 has taken quite the roller coaster ride when it comes to gaining traction. Before it was officially announced, many people (myself included) were excited simply because it was nice to...

A blast from the past: Do you revisit your old phones?

It's not always easy to say goodbye to an old, trusted friend. Upgrades are one of the things that a lot of people look forward to every year, or two years, or however long your carrier just so...

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