Filed under: Accessories, Analysis / Opinion, Cool tools, iPhone
DOTS gloves let you use your iPhone even when it's cold
Solution: DOTS gloves. They've got little smooth plastic "dots" built into the fingertips so you can control a touchscreen even while your hands are kept warm. Like I said, genius in its own way. However, I haven't actually used them, so I can't say for sure they work the way we'd expect. While they specifically mention them working on the iPhone, I've had trouble in the past getting the iPhone to register materials other than my finger. Still, if you want to take their word for it, $15 is cheap for a good pair of knit gloves anyway. If you're in the market for a new pair this winter and know you won't want to have to take your gloves off just to work a touchscreen, seems like a good deal to me.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
grull27 said 9:45PM on 10-22-2008
It's a good thing I live in Miami.
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Alex Robert said 9:47PM on 10-22-2008
I'd buy these, slip them in my snowboarding gloves, and voila, controls at my finger tips while shredding the slopes.
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Jonathan Wise said 7:51AM on 10-23-2008
Then i guess you mean "slip them OVER my snowboarding gloves?"
Unless you were going to cut finger tip holes in your snowboarding gloves... or keep your iPhone between your two pairs of gloves?
Alex Robert said 8:23AM on 10-23-2008
My bad... I cleary didn't read the article as attentively as I should off.
dandaman said 7:08PM on 10-27-2008
I would ATTEMPT to take the dots off and put them on my boarding gloves - if I failed, what the hey - it's 15 dollars.
Karl said 9:51PM on 10-22-2008
a) I'm pretty sure these have been made (and written about here?) before
b) $15 is NOT cheap for stretch gloves. Which is what these are.
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gideon said 9:56PM on 10-22-2008
Ordered mine over a month ago... finally showed up today.
They're what I ordered... works great, gloves are warm and fit ok. But ultimately... I can use my phone with them on and in Oklahoma it's damn nice not to remove your gloves in the winter if you want to make a call or check email.
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Quicknik said 9:57PM on 10-22-2008
Or how about this: NOT living in a climate with brutally frigid winters? And for that matter, repulsively humid summers. I'm from Chicago, and thankfully saw the light and got the hell outta dodge. Ick.
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Raheem said 11:54AM on 10-23-2008
I live in London. Anything else is a trade down but it does get silly cold. So these are good for me!
Bassir said 10:01PM on 10-22-2008
Living in New York, these recent winters haven't been too cold. I haven't worn a glove in years.
But these may get me to wear them again.
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RadDoc said 10:03PM on 10-22-2008
I am glad to see that gideon received his gloves. I ordered mine about a month ago and was beginning to get worried.
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Tits Legendar said 10:19PM on 10-22-2008
I ordered mine a month ago as well and haven't received anything. I have received one email with them telling me that they sold out and that they should be shipping to me in a week (that was three weeks ago).
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compc76 said 10:21PM on 10-22-2008
Wasnt there already a story about thses before? On this site?
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bob said 10:24PM on 10-22-2008
i live in minneapolis and these wont be warm enough for the winters here... i guess i will just have to be quick about inputing anything on the phone :(
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Glen said 10:30PM on 10-22-2008
Last month called, they want their story back...
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/19/use-your-iphone-and-keep-your-hands-warm/
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Luna Lovegood said 10:32PM on 10-22-2008
"I've had trouble in the past getting the iPhone to register materials other than my finger."
I shudder to think.
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Felix H said 10:37PM on 10-22-2008
@RadDoc
I ordered mine exactly a month ago and I have not received anything yet. I already started to worry about the delivery. The specs of Dot Gloves have been changed several times, plus its price.
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rohan said 11:10PM on 10-22-2008
peaches work
try it
rub a peach againist the screen.
idk why it does
lol
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CaptSaltyJack said 11:34AM on 10-23-2008
The fact that you know this is slightly disturbing.
Red Note said 11:27PM on 10-22-2008
Good to hear the other people that have ordered these are finally getting them; I ordered a pair about a month ago as a present for a now long-since-past birthday, and I was going to write them an email asking what was up. Guess I'll just wait a little while longer.
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