Are Long Fingernails Compatible with iPhone?

i used to have long gel nails (3 of them broke off this week :X but i've been wanting to get rid of them for the months ive had them), and they did get in the way. granted, theyre longer than the average nail, but it was really difficult to pinch with them.

how dare you imply that I am not the average man because I have long nails.

Cut your nails. lol

Can you type with your nails though, not the actual finger ?

katie ta achoo said:

You need the actual skin-to-screen contact to do anything with it.

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Interestingly, I've found that the thin latex gloves we use at work actually function with the iPhone. I'm pleasantly surprised, and no longer have to worry about operating it with my nose.

My Garmin Nuvi has a great touch screen.
It cost me just as much as the iPhone would... (if I had one )

Guitar Players

I play guitar for my own amazement (finger picking) and keep my right-hand nails a little longer than normal.

I have short, chubby fingers and I try to key text on the iPhone with the tip (nail) of my fingers... I have problems with the iphone, unless I stop & think to use my fingerpads instead of fingernails...

... Since I started adjusting to the iPhone, I can't type worth crap on a normal computer KB. %^(>

ok first of all, to the OP, you do not have long finger nails be any stretch of the term. I would say for long nails, mine are just about in the middle, and they are way longer than yours, way shorter than those girls with the dragon nails all blinged up.

i have very little problem using my iphone despite the longer nails, but i do use it differently than other folks. i notice for instance that i use my index and middle finger (instead of thumb) flat on the surface to pinch and pull it happened very effortless that way and just stuck

and the glove thing? i got mine to work thru fine leather gloves, not great but enough to unlock it and make a call

deannnnn said:

My Garmin Nuvi has a great touch screen.
It cost me just as much as the iPhone would... (if I had one )

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it is soo funny and frustrating at times because i have a Nuvi on my jeep as well and going back and forth from a conductive touch screen (iPhone) and a pressure touch (Garmon Nuvi) means that i have to constantly resent my behavior

beautiful hands by the way katie.

Here's a link:
http://home.allgaeu.org/brosa/finger.htm.

If you want to hear the song, search iTMS for "fingernails" and select the Joe Ely version

My bad habit of fingernail biting keeps me away from having to deal with this question

Keep those sexy long fingernails!

SMOOCH!

cromestant said:

beautiful hands by the way katie.

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If this blogging gig doesn't work out, you could be a hand model.

You call those little things long? Those are not long fingernails. My friend has long fingernails that make yours look short. She had a few problems using my iPhone.

rdowns said:

If this blogging gig doesn't work out, you could be a hand model.

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Have you bothered to take a look at Katie's "Occupation" field in her profile?

Thanks! I was worried about this as well. My nails are longer than yours in the pic, but when I tested it in the store, I didn't make a single mistake. Kind of freeked me out.

I've noticed issues with using the screen when other people are holding my phone as well. Wierd. I suspect maybe its just that they aren't holding onto it as "hard" as I would be when I know I'm going to hit the screen with the other hand.

Claypidgeon said:

I've noticed issues with using the screen when other people are holding my phone as well. Wierd. I suspect maybe its just that they aren't holding onto it as "hard" as I would be when I know I'm going to hit the screen with the other hand.

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I think of it like a loyal dog, knowing who it should trust.

Are long fingernails compatible with LIFE?

This should be the real question. What's up with long fingernails anyway? Why bother. Seems like a ridiculous cultural stereotype perpetrated on women. Make up, perfume and long fingernails are absurd. Break free of the Matrix and trim those talons and stop painting your face like Bozo the Clown. It'll also probably make typing on your iPhone easier.

HotdogGiambi said:

This should be the real question. What's up with long fingernails anyway? Why bother. Seems like a ridiculous cultural stereotype perpetrated on women. Make up, perfume and long fingernails are absurd. Break free of the Matrix and trim those talons and stop painting your face like Bozo the Clown. It'll also probably make typing on your iPhone easier.

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But please continue to shave those legs and armpits

HotdogGiambi said:

This should be the real question. What's up with long fingernails anyway? Why bother. Seems like a ridiculous cultural stereotype perpetrated on women. Make up, perfume and long fingernails are absurd. Break free of the Matrix and trim those talons and stop painting your face like Bozo the Clown. It'll also probably make typing on your iPhone easier.

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Please go back to france. Thanks.