iphone doesn't work with gloves on

Honestly though.
When I wear gloves, I make a point not to use my iphone to make or recieve calls without the headset. They are slim enough to fit under a beanie without issues or pressure.
Beyond that, if I am not planning to use the phone and a call comes in while im outside in gloves, I simply raise the phone to my nose and swipe.

Sounds wierd, but very effective.

The screen is not a heat screen at all, it is a capacitive screen. If it was heat related screen there would be real problems in the winter time when the delta between skin temp and phone temp was so great.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/index.html#technology

Ed Beale,

For reference, -10°C is outside the iPhone's recommended operating temperature range. Those requirements are:

Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

For reference that is from this link:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

Its the nature of the touch screen. It doesn't use pressure like other PDA's. It uses an special layer of electrically sensitive material that can sense the bioelectricity in your fingertips. ANY barrier on the skin thick enough will prevent use.

I'd imagine that your Chicago winter gloves fall in the "thick" catagory.

The iPhone uses a capacitive touch screen, instead of a pressure sensitive one like many other consumer devices. A capacitive type puts an electrical field across the screen, and if another conductive object (say your finger) comes close enough to draw off a charge, it notes where that happens.

Basically, yes Luke, it's a disturbance in the Force 🙂

The upside is: the touch feeling is more luxurious because you can use a very light stroke. The downsides are: no using most stylii (a specially tethered one can work), gloves, long fingernails or sometimes even calloused fingers.

Could also very well be one reason why the iPhone was rushed to market... during good weather!

Or Zombies... the iPhone won't work for Zombies either. 🙂

There's a company that just came out with a stylus made to fake a finger,

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/iphone/pogo-stylus-tickles-your-iphone-with-more-prec ision-328847.php

so that's one option. Also, in cold weather, you might want to have either the headphones that came with the iPhone OR the adaptor that you squeeze the button to answer. You won't be able to use ALL the fuctions, but you should be able to answer and hang up the phone.

I used UnderArmour gloves on my iphone without problems. They're the same ones you use for jogging in cold weather. There are tiny rubber U and A's on the palm of the glove. If you swipe with the rubbery part it works without problems.

I just take off my gloves whenever I use my phone...no biggie! I have always done that even before the iPhone. When I had my Treo...or any other phone for that matter, I couldn't use the keyboard or keypad with gloves on either. No problems here....glove on, glove off....voila! 😉

Has anyone tried Marmot's iGlove with the iPhone?

http://f06.marmot.com/products/product.php?cat=glove&subcat=20&style_id=I1641

There's the iGlove Multi and iGlove Liner - but the pictures look the same, so I'm not sure what the difference is.

I hope this helps. When I bought my phone they told me it is not a touch screen it is heat screen. Therefor it recognizes the heat in your fingertips not the simple tap of something like a stylus. Try using the back flat part of ur fingernail and you will see it doesn't respond. Hope this helps you out.

How about get a cheap pair of fleece gloves and cut a flap on the finger you use the most. You could attach a tiny piece of velcro on each side to close the finger when your'e not needing to use your phone. I want 3% if someone can take this idea and actually make something with it. I'll try finding a dollar pair of gloves and experiment tomorrow.

Nathan C wrote:

Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

The way this is worded, it appears confusing when looking at the non-operating temperature. I assume it means that below -4° and over 113° F, the iPhone will not work properly.

Tamara,

For clarification usable temperature is the operating temperature. Nonoperating temperature is the temperature range for storage.

In other words it should not be stored below -4°F or above 113°F (-20°C to 45°C).

It should not be operated, or used, below 32°F or above 95°F (0°C to 35°C).

Hope this helps,

Nathan C.

while it may be -10 outside its not -10 in your pocket


see this is why hobo gloves (or if you want to be all politicly correct... or find it on google the convertible gloves) are so much better, they are fingerless and they are mittens all in one.

-matt

dont know about everyone else, but if I am outside and it is cold enough to wear gloves, if I get a call Im sure not going to be standing out there talking to someone on the phone.

Where do you live, Florida? 🙂

Different up north. Calls from kids, office, spouse, while we're walking around in downtown Manhattan? You bet we often talk on the phone in the very cold !

Definitely prefer doing it with gloves on, however. It's one reason I still prefer clamshell phones in the winter... just flip open to answer and closed to hang up. A phone with big send/end keys works well with slim gloves on, too.