Dots Gloves for Touch Screen Users at Macworld 2010

Using touchscreens, like those found on the iPhone and iPod Touch can be tough, if not downright impossible if you live in a cooler area of the country. Why? Because you can't operate the device(s) with most normal styles of gloves. Essentially, the iPhone senses changes in capacitance of a thin screen over the display thanks to your skin changing the amount of voltage going across the screen (don't think about it too much...)

At any rate, several companies are racing to solve the issue of gloves-on operation of the touch and iPhone. One of those at Macworld was Dots Gloves. Here's a quick look at their $15 glove solution:

Comments

[Gary]

I have a pair of first gen dot Gloves. Cool looking but didn't keep my hands warm or work very well. If they work I'll order a new pair