CAN AN IPHONE SKI ?????

The tree's gonna crush it anyway!

Depending on where you ski, you may not even have cell coverage. The phone will be fine in an inside pocket.

Since you list your location as Tampa Bay, FL summer heat & humidity would be more likely to create an issue than the inside pocket of a ski jacket.

Based on my experience so far with the iPhone 3G, and several seasons with other smartphones such as Blackberries and Treos, I would say the answer is NO, the iPhone cannot ski that well.

Other than biffing on it, the thing that will kill a phone when skiing is moisture.

I recommend either using a phone you don't care about, or putting your phone in a ziploc.

High tech breathable ski clothing wicks moisture away from your body so that you don't get cold... and it condenses where your phone is, on the inside or outside of your outer shell.

For light use, in fine weather conditions, an iPhone will work. But if you are agressive, get hot, or ski in extreme conditions, I recommend taking precautions.

The iPhone 3G has a additional weakness: it does not do well with moisture when operating with the headset.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1768715&tstart=15

I have a lot of experience faking work while skiing. emailing from Blackberries and Treos on chairlifts, listening to conference calls on mute while skiing pow on the way down...

...and I ski with a junker phone, because I don't care if it breaks.

My iPhone stays in the lodge.

Yes, SIM in iPhone can go into another junker phone and back.

Yes, what DaVBMan said.

Just FYI, I skied at Heavenly in Lake Tahoe earlier this year for 4 days straight with my iphone in my front jacket pocket. Weather was dry and cold, highs in the low 20's. Elevation is approx. 9800 ft. at the top of the mountain. I made calls and texted from the lifts, they have surprisingly good signal on most of the mountain. I say take the iphone and enjoy it!!

The iPhone skis very well. I used it all last year at the Canyons in Park City Utah. I had zero problems with the 'moisture' issue, and the battery life was just fine.

That said, I'm still in search of the perfect iPhone headset to ski with. Ideally it would be integrated with my helmet. Ear buds tend to allow water to drip directly into my ear, so ear pads with headphones would be ideal. It would also be nice to be able to answer the phone by tapping a button on the ear pad with gloves on. Plantronics and Pro-tec come close with a couple of their helmets, but non that come with a microphone.

I may have to resort to wiring up one myself using a combo of a Pro-tec/Plantronics setup and the microphone and wiring from the standard iPhone headset.

Hello!

Here are some tech specs from the Apple website.

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)

I recommend you read the iPhone 3G manual for more info.

Cheers,
Noah

That spec just means it has been designed and tested to guarantee operation up to 10,000 feet. There are plenty of ski areas which go over 10,000 feet, but not by far. The iPhone will work at ski area altitudes. If you think about it, it would be hard to design a phone which handled up to 10,000 feet and then suddenly croaked beyond.

I've used several mobile phones up to 13,000 feet, no issues.

The thing to watch with condensation is tripping the iPhone moisture indicator, which will void the hardware warranty.

I would also comment that the iPhone may be a bit more moisture-resistant than say a Blackberry or Treo, because its case does not have all those holes for keys. I did fry a Treo while skiing last year (ignoring my own advice), after condensation got in the keyboard.