Using the iPhone outside in the cold is not fun. The touchscreen uses the magnetic field from your fingers to work, so normal gloves don’t work as the field is blocked.
The pics above show a couple of routes for keeping your hands warm. The North Face E-Tip Gloves use conductive material on the thumb and index finger and have silicone grips that work really well. The gloves are more like running gloves so they are not all that warm, but give enough protection to keep the chill off – though I wouldn’t like to use them to throw snowballs!
The other gloves are Silverline Fingerless Mechanic’s Gloves which are made of neoprene and are much warmer. Three of the fingers have exposed tips allowing for most fiddly jobs and of course work on the iPhone.
The mechanics gloves come in at about a tenner from Amazon and the North Face gloves can be picked up for about £25 from Blacks.
Let me know in the comments if you’ve tried any other types.
(Sent from iPhone)
Update 4th March 2011: After only two months of light use with the North Face E-Tip Gloves (mainly driving) the left forefinger pad has disintegrated. This renders the left hand useless on a iPhone. This is very poor.
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- Three MiFi Mobile WiFi
- Powertraveller Motormonkey
- Kensington battery and charger for iPhone
- HY mini Wind Turbine USB charger
- Energizer Rechargeable Solar Flip
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