Apple awarded patent for capacitive touchscreen-friendly 'magic' gloves

First of all, the makers of Agloves, Gliders and others actually, have more to worry about than they think, as there are multiple patent filings out there for gloves with this functionality, which are about to be approved, and their products DO infringe upon those patents.;-) The "Magic Gloves" were actually designed by 180 Gloves, the makers of the gloves with the metal dots that you might see in Sports Authority. If you read the patent, those patents were assigned to Apple by 180, but Apple has no interest in making gloves. As a previous person commented, they would have already done so if that were the case.

I am personal friends with one of the heads of sales at Apple (who, BTW, uses TouchTec enabled gloves), the retail store operations buyer, and the inventor of the Apple touch screen technology. To the best of my knowledge, Apple is NOT interested in making or selling gloves at the moment, nor any apparel items, which is why you don't see T-Shirts, capacitive touch gloves and other things in their stores. Things may change in the future, but for now, THE BEST GLOVES OUT THERE are made with "Patent Pending" textiles and leather called TouchTec, which uses a unique nano-technology treament that replicates the human skin. Think Burton, Celtek (Skull Candy), Gaspar, Artemis (iTouch), Outdoor Research, etc. Audi is no fool, took a look at the different capacitive touch gloves technologies out there, and chose to sell TouchTec enabled driving and winter gloves for the new A8 with capacitive touch panels. Need I say more?...

Hey, we already do this at an affordable price -- Agloves
$17.99

www.Agloves.co,

All you need to make your current pair of gloves work is a little conductive thread. There is an easy how-to floating around online that actually walks to through everything. We also started carrying a pair at the beginning of winter at http://www.stbands.com/lycra-touch-screen-gloves

This is a classic example of a BAD patent. I just bought fat, ugly, cheap "ski" gloves at the hardware store and the kids pointed out the could use their touch screens.

There is nothing "unique" about this other than buying a fake leather that has the same capacitance as fingers...Apple didn't invent the material, it's been on the market for ages.

I can see it now...

...And one more thing. We've had our technicians working hard in North Dakota to test a new product we know you'll love.

The iGlove.

Now, in the cold of Winter or construction site, you can use your iPhone, iPod touch or even iPad while wearing the iGloves.

Available today, in a variety of colors.

No doubt they will look like ladies gloves as almost all of them do.

I typically only combine a need to wear gloves and use my phone while in my car. I took a cheap lanyard, wrapped it around my iPhone cradle and attached a stylus to the end of it. The stylus just hangs there, out of the way, and when I'm wearing gloves and need to do something on the phone I just grab the stylus; the lanyard having just the right length to not be intrusive and yet also not be restrictive.

I'd rather not buy gloves from Apple.

How does the 'magic glove' (or iGlove as it will no doubt be called) fit in with the iPhone approved temperature range? Surely the glove cannot be used when the temperature is below 32F/0C. Will it will just lock the digits into an extended position, or will it include NFC technology to report back to Apple that an attempt was made to use the iPhone whilst below operating temperatures and forever void your warranty?

Finally, I hate trying to do things with my nose before the proximity sensor turns the screen off (my tongue works too, but..., that's just weird)

I'd prefer not to where gloves via a smarter display, but this is decent alternative. Whether Apple sells their own gloves or gives the technology to 3rd parties isn't understood yet, but I'd prefer them cif I could get them at my local Apple Store.