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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Windows Phone 8: The people's choice, or biased reviews?

    Windows Phone 8 is a small but mighty contender in the platform wars, and apparently it’s not doing too terribly when it comes to customer satisfaction of the overall operating system. PCMag...

Marketing is only half the battle

  Tomorrow is the big day; the day that all the tech bloggers and websites have been waiting months for. Thursday night Samsung will presumably unveil the magical, wonderful, great and awe-inspiring...

Graphene: The real deal, or overhyped?

  Making headlines all over the mobile industry lately is the dubbed “super material” graphene, which is an atomic structure measuring only one atom thick – making it the thinnest material ever...

Wireless charging should be a standard

  I am a woman who likes her options to be open. More options bring more solutions to potential problems, and when it comes to charging our cells phones the same statement holds true. The idea of...

The Xperia Z and the Xperia Play should fuse into one device

    Gaming on smartphones is getting a lot better in regards to graphics, speeds, and quality of the games we see on our devices. BlackBerry was one of the first devices that featured early titles...

Mobile View: A growing trend on desktops?

  Mobile view. It’s something that originated a long time ago on basic flip phones which allowed users to browse websites on a very watered down adaption on their phone. As phones progressed, so did...

The Flip Phone Diaries: Day 7

  Well, I’m happy to say that I was at least able to last a week using the Sanyo Katana LX that I ordered just a couple of weeks ago. One week ago I received the device and reported that I was...

Battery life is key, but is often overlooked

  Battery life is among the top complaints from smartphone users, including myself. When I first started using Androids my battery would last maybe 5-6 hours, and that was tough coming from a...

The innovative gimmick: Is the Samsung Galaxy S IV too 'smart??

  The Galaxy S IV is the talk of the town lately with its reported upcoming release (or announcement) happening on March 14. As we get closer to the date, more and more “leaked” images will appear...

Could T-Mobile's nix of the 2-year contract sway the hive mind?

    Rumors are ablaze that T-Mobile is planning on ditching their 2-year contracts altogether, and although there hasn’t been official word given from the company that this change will in fact...

Jailbreak or Root? Breaking free from the shackles

    Ever since getting one of my first Windows Mobile devices, an HTC Touch Pro, I had been interested in increasing its performance as I was tired of just how much lag the UI on the device was...

Don't worry Motorola, Super Google is here to save the day!

  News has leaked recently that Google has employed the notorious “Apple-Turned-Android” man Guy Kawasaki to be an advisory in helping Google move forward with improving Motorola products. Just a...

Sprint, Samsung, and Windows Phone 8: Should have gone with Nokia

  Earlier this year Sprint announced that they would indeed begin carrying Windows 8 devices this year, which will hopefully pan out for them as their only attempt at a Windows Phone 7 device, the...

And the most overlooked company of the year goes to? Sony

  Today I was doing some research on the new Sony Xperia Z and ZL that are coming out this year, and I came across one of their advertisements for the devices. The advertisement actually brings some...

The Flip Phone Diaries: Day 1

    As many of you may already know last week I wrote an article making a challenge for myself to ditch the smartphone in exchange for a flip phone for at least a week – but the new goal is to last...

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