Nothing beats the smooth, silky glide of a capacitive touch screen - but nothing’s more annoying than trying to use one in the dead of winter. Unless you’re ultra-hardcore-extreme (or just too cool for school. or stupid.), you’ve got gloves on. Your phone rings; by the time you get your nice, snugly gloves off, you’ve missed your call.
Apple feels your pain. At least, they realized that the whole situation sucks and patented a solution: iPhone gloves! They’ve got all the warming perks of standard gloves, with a secondary conductive layer which serves to pipe the stimulation provided by your finger to the outer layer of the glove. Now, if you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t some other people already do that?” - yes, they did. Don’t fret, though - Apple isn’t ripping anybody off; though it’s only coming to light now, the patent first got pushed through the paces way back in June of 2007.
Imagine if these make their way to the shelves! We could all wear Apple-brand gloves, and give each other Apple-branded high fives. Oh, the fun we would have!
[The patent Via AppleInsider]
I seem to recall you guys writing a story on iPhone gloves when the 1G came out. I could be wrong.
And my previous comment is why I should read the jump and not just the first paragraph on CG. My bad baby. My bad.
It’s okay. We still <3 you.
This is really surprising. I mean .. its sorta as if they regret not patenting the IPOD sleeve :)
Really, I’ve heard of this recently, but they are actually making gloves for the iphone.
SO COOOL! but too bad I got rid of my iphone. Too much lag for me.
This is great news. It will compliment the line of Ipod footwear I’m currently working on down in the lab. If all goes well, we’ll be rolling out the Ipod Crosstrainers by mid summer, and the Zune cleats by fall.
Good :)
I hate having to take my gloves off everytime I receive a call.. And been without gloves when it is -40 is not very pleasant. lol
I was kinda excited..
Until I saw the blue print :(
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