iphone doesn't work with gloves on

Tamara wrote:
When I lived up north in ME and NH, I wasn't answering a phone when I was outdoors. No one was so important that they couldn't wait until I got inside someplace.

Could I suggest a bluetooth earpiece in the cold

To be honest, I'm not obsessed with talking to someone if I'm outside in the cold. No phone call or text is so important that it can't wait until I'm in a convenient location. I also don't answer my phone in restaurants or when I'm driving. I also hate when someone answers their phone in the middle of talking to me.

No one was so important that they couldn't wait until I got inside someplace.

Good for you. I did that when I was single or without children. But the first time you don't take a call and later discover it's about a child that's hurt, is the LAST time you'll delay taking some calls.

In any case, this thread is about answering in the cold with gloves on, not about people who never do.

So far, using the tip of one's nose seems to be the easiest alternative.

MobileDev wrote:

No one was so important that they couldn't wait until I got inside someplace.

Good for you. I did that when I was single or without children.

But the first time you don't take a call and later discover it's about a child that's hurt, is the LAST time you'll delay taking some calls.

How did you ever survive before cell phones? Don't get me wrong, I love the convenience of a phone but I think it's created a lot of rude people who obsessively dive on their phone when they hear whatever annoying ringtone they think is "cute", "cool", etc.

I'm married and my husband doesn't expect me to answer all the time. He realizes that there are lots of times where it may not be convenient for me to answer my phone. He knows I'll call him back when it's convenient.

How did you ever survive before cell phones?

Heh. Definitely not talking about me here. I resisted them for years, don't have cute ringtones, keep it on silent vibrate mode much of the time, and don't answer it (or my home phone) if I see it's not important. But now that I have kids, I must consider some calls extremely important.

Again, the topic is answering in the cold. You stated you never do. That's nice, but is as irrelevant as when people say they don't use MMS or other features being talked about in a thread.

Cheers.

I ride my motorcycle year round and have my iPod Touch (same capacitive method as iPhone) in the Otterbox iTouch case. I also have the iPhone in an Otterbox Armour Series waterproof case.
The iTouch is mounted on a RAM mount on the handlebars. It's surviving quite nicely in the pouring rain and 40 (f) degree weather.
With the protective cover of the Otterbox, the controls work but not with any type of regular gloves (I have maybe 8 different pairs for different conditions, thin to thick/armored).

Question to those who are gifted with electricity knowledge:
In the capacitive method, do you need to be able to transfer human-level electricity/static/whatever from your skin to the outside of a glove?
Would placing a conductor on the outside of the glove be enough or must it contain an electrical field (powered)?
If you must produce an electric field on the surface of a glove, what would be the volts/watts/amps whatever?

Sorry about my 12th century level of electricity knowledge.

In a pinch, you can use your nose.

Yup, used my nose today. -10C is just a bit nippy without gloves.

When i have my iphone in the car, i wear my Bmw M driving gloves and the screen works.

http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php

Just found this today. Looks interesting.

see thats what i thought before i bought it and by looking at what u linked also. but they told me different so i thought they were right. my bad....

Just an additional comment - latex gloves pose the same problem.

I 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.

Thanks for the clarification Nathan :)!

When I lived up north in ME and NH, I wasn't answering a phone when I was outdoors. No one was so important that they couldn't wait until I got inside someplace.