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  • 3 Dec 2009
    technology
    gloves, oslo, thenorthface

    Gloves for the iPhone generation

    gloves

    I’m heading off for a couple of days in Oslo next week; and I’m most grateful to Monday’s Gadget Show for reminding me of the problem of using a touchscreen phone in freezing conditions – namely, that you can’t touch the touchscreen through gloves. Thankfully they also suggested a solution: these North Face e-Tip gloves, which have silver woven into the index finger and thumb tips – and yes, they do indeed allow you to use a touchscreen.

    They’re decent ‘soft shell’ gloves, with sticky silicone bits on the palms – although the cyborg styling is maybe a bit much. I wouldn’t fancy them for typing on the on-screen keyboard, but for yer basic scrolling and stabbing – skimming over a Twitter feed or calling someone already in your contacts list – they’re fine. ยฃ22 from the North Face shop in Covent Garden. The weather forecast suggests it could be a good investment.

    I’m heading north to speak at this event organised by the Norwegian ministry of government affairs; I’ve been asked to talk about innovation in British politics and government, and will be sharing the platform with Hรฅkon Wium Lie, who’s something of an online legend – MIT, Cern, W3C (where he invented CSS), now CTO at Opera. No pressure.

    Response

    1. John McGarvey
      4 Dec 2009

      Or you could go for the cheaper, more fiddly option:
      http://lifehacker.com/5412625/make-any-pair-of-gloves-work-with-a-touchscreen
      Have a good trip (I’ve always fancied Norway).

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