Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use

January 28, 2009 By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM , AP Business Writer
Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use (AP)

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A person wearing Tavo gloves holds an iPhone 3G in Montreal, Canada, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2009. The $40 gloves, equipped with electronically conductive tips on the index finger and thumb of each hand, allow touch screen junkies to answer their phone, text and send e-mails in cold weather. (AP Photo/Michael Felberbaum)

(AP) -- Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users.



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DGBEACH
Jan 29, 2009

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I see he picked one of our warmer afternoons to test that thing :)) ...and while standing in front of my old college no less!
But seriously...on cold days you're better off just putting your blue-tooth hands-free in your ear, and leaving the phone in your pocket.
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