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 hope Key Lime Pie helps bring phone longevity to Android devices

There are two main components that make up an electronic device: the hardware and the software. The hardware is your first impression of the device. What it looks like, how it feels in the hand, and...

Will Chromecast be a success or another flop?

Google has certainly come a long way since its days as a mere search engine. As Google's popularity grew, so did the way they work. Google went from being just a top search engine to owning one of...

How to handle a bad flash on your Android

Accidents happen in almost any given situation: You spill your morning coffee on your pants, you miscalculated how far that crack in the sidewalk really was and ended up eating concrete, or maybe...

While I'm not a huge fan of Moto X's features, I am a fan of the hardware

It's hard to deny the excitement that's currently surrounding around the hopeful release of Motorola's Moto X sometime in the very near future. Interestingly enough, it's the first time in a long...

Can we ever expect to see a flagship Android with a physical keyboard again?

It wasn't too long ago where it was common to see a new high-end Android device released that featured a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. You have phones like the Samsung Epic 4G, HTC G1, HTC...

My phone has replaced my TV as my news source

Growing up, my family grew accustomed to watching the news every night at 9. This was a way for us kids to be able to stay up thirty minutes longer, and if an important event was being covered we...

Why I traded in the Galaxy S4 for the HTC One

The Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One have been two of the most popular flagship phones to be released so far this year. It's impossible to say exactly which one is better since everybody has...

Is the HTC One's UltraPixel camera worth the risk?

Cameras on our smartphones have become one of the biggest deciding factors for many people when it comes to choosing their smartphones. What was once considered nothing more than a back-up plan just...

Being the first to upgrade software isn't for everybody

With news of Android's Jelly Bean 4.3 making a lot of noise this week, presumably because we may be seeing it with the Google event scheduled for next Wednesday, it seemed like a good time to bring...

AT&T, you didn't have to do that...no, really

Okay, so let's take a moment to reflect on what we're looking at when it comes to "The Big Four" carriers in the United States and what they're doing when it comes to staying competitive with each...

Front-facing speakers should be the norm

HTC, in an effort to prove to the mobile world that it was far from being forgotten, released the HTC One earlier this year. The release of this device received a widely popular reaction, mostly due...

Free or paid: How do you go about app downloads?

My first experiences with a smartphone was somewhat liberating. Here I was with this amazing new Samsung Galaxy S device, a Vibrant, and I was able to customize it and do whatever I wanted with it....

Would a cheap iPhone really taint Apple's image?

The Apple iPhone, the first device to really start the smartphone era, has always been known for selling "premium" handsets (or in the very least, selling phones for a premium price). After all, it...

Could smartphones with E Ink-only displays gain a following?

I think we can all agree that when it comes to smartphones and how advanced they've become for us, we're pretty much spoiled. We can do a heckuva lotta stuff on these devices now-a-days. You can...

Yes, design is important for a smartphone

What makes a great smartphone "great"? Well, a lot of things do. For starters, you have the initial impression of the device - you know, what it looks like from the outside. The size, shape, button...

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