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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Patent trolls hurt the consumer

If there’s one thing I enjoy on a hot summer day, it’s a big ol’ heaping helping of justice. Fortunately I get my fill of such a dish almost every day in this industry with the Hundred Years’ War...

To root or not to root? That is the question

Often times when I write my articles here at PhoneDog they’re directed at an audience that presumably knows all the ins and outs of the industry; how they work, who makes the top phones, throwing...

Biostamps: Can we say 'freaky'?

Passwords have and always will be important in this digital age as we aim to protect our identity, information, and personal data. If you’re carrying around a phone that is as free and open with no...

What are some of your most anticipated devices in the latter half of 2013?

Tomorrow marks the beginning of June, and also the beginning of the second half of the year. This first half we’ve seen some pretty awesome devices come out: the Samsung Galaxy S 4, the HTC One, the...

MicroSD vs. cloud storage: Which do you prefer?

Our gadgets have become personal memory storage devices for a lot of different types of data. We store our photos, music, videos, files, and all other types of information in them using three...

I'm iffy about Google Editions

When Google announced the Google Edition of the Galaxy S 4, I was pretty excited about the idea. Some of my biggest issues with the Galaxy S 4 included its TouchWiz interface taking up nearly half...

I dig Google's humbling business approach

Throughout my time in the mobile industry, both as a hobby and as a career, I’ve had the privilege of watching different platforms being brought into existence and grow to be the strapping young...

Let's discuss Moto X

Very exciting news today in the mobile industry, if I do say so myself! Here I was, reading up on mobile news and lo and behold the fabled Moto X, Google X, Whatever X phone you want to call it has...

We only need one universal messaging app

We have all probably used one at one point in time: BlackBerry Messenger, iMessage, GTalk, Live Messenger… all four popular ‘free messaging’ apps that come from four major platforms.  We use them...

Carriers need to quit playing shady games

Here’s what I hate about carriers: It’s all about you when they’re at risk of losing your business. The second they have the chokehold on you, you’re theirs and if you want to leave you’re going to...

It's nice that you don't have to choose between cheap and good-looking anymore

Something I’ve been noticing over the past couple of years, and something I once thought would never come to fruition, is that prepaid carriers are finally starting to pick up the pace when it comes...

Is Lenovo too late to make it big in the US?

Today I have come across several news articles that reveal that tech company Lenovo plans to move in on the U.S. market to offer their brand of smartphones. While Lenovo is mostly known for its...

Should Apple return to releasing iPhones in the summer?

With May about to turn over to June and summer just around the corner, many people are eager to get outside and soak up the sun for the few precious months that we have before the hot summer once...

Should Apple return to releasing iPhones in the summer?

With May about to turn over to June and summer just around the corner, many people are eager to get outside and soak up the sun for the few precious months that we have before the hot summer once...

Why is Nokia the only manufacturer to take WP8 seriously?

Let’s talk about Windows Phone 8 for a minute. When I look at Windows Phone 8, I kind of have a certain admiration for the software. It has come a long way from the early days of Windows Mobile,...

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