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Dots Gloves keep hands warm, work with iPhone

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Dots Gloves

Dots Gloves

The iPhone and iPhone 3G‘s multi-touch display is handy-dandy for normal use – which is to say, when used with your bare fingertips. The flush-mounted touchscreen doesn’t require any pressure to register touch-inputs and mult-touch manipulations are just as fun as they are functional. But, as soon as the temperature drops to hand-numbing levels, forcing you to don gloves to keep your digits from falling off, the iPhone’s capacitive touchscreen can be difficult to use. That is, unless you’re using these gloves from Dots Gloves.

These gloves, which run $13 (knit) or $18 (wool) a piece, have little, rounded metal dots on the tip of the thumb, forefinger, and middle finger that allow you to register touch inputs on your iPhone’s multi-touch display. The dots are said to be scratch-safe, so don’t worry about marring your iPhone’s touchscreen display.

We’ll definitely be picking up a pair of these iPhone-friendly gloves before our next winter-trip outside of California (we don’t really get the whole “season” thing here).

Dots Gloves

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Simon Sage

    Now, I thought the iPhone’s screen was heat-sensitive – wouldn’t the little nubbies need to conduct heat from your hands in order work? I’d be under the impression they would still end up being too cold to get picked up by the iPhone, especially if they’re made of metal. Hey, wouldn’t metal nubs freeze your fingertips, too?

  • chris

    as of Dec 23rd this company still has not been able to ship product. I’d stay away and look at other products from other, more reputable vendors

  • Alvar

    Ordered on 12/4 and still no word on when they will ship. I’ve already been promised they’d ship last week and that I’d get a confirmation email. It’s 12/22 and I still got bupkis. I’d stay away from these guys too. If they cant get shipping right, they probably shouldn’t take orders.