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Apple Researching Gloves for Use with Multi-Touch Devices
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But how well will it work in -40 Canadian winters? the gloves look like something for spring or fall, but not winter, atleast for Canada
The Patent was filed some time ago...
They can if they can document that they developed the idea first, even if another company brought it to market before their patent was approved.
If there were gloves like the North Face ones but less tech/dorky/athletic looking, I'd consider them. When the temperature dips below zero (0F) here, being able to use my iPhone without exposing my fingers becomes a really valid concern.
Cool, does this mean the iphone will support sending and receiving mms messages, and be able to record video?
Haha when I saw the thread title I was expecting something like what Tom Cruise uses in The Minority Report.
Not just some stupid ordinary gloves that have already been made by a bunch of other companies.
Start thinking for yourselves, Apple. You should be ashamed.
Not just some stupid ordinary gloves that have already been made by a bunch of other companies.
Start thinking for yourselves, Apple. You should be ashamed.
everytime i connect my iphone to the current i remember minority report. the sound is exactly the same used across the movie to access doors. Multitouch gestures, gloves? What? Apple what you gonna patent tomorow? precogs ?
Yep. The HP TouchSmart computer uses tiny cameras to implement (multi)touch on a huge screen.
And I think Microsoft (or Samsung?) recently got a patent on using visual sensors on a handheld that point AWAY from the screen, so you can make gestures along the sides (and thus not interrupt your view).
So within about 1 week of MW we've seen rumors of (1) an iphone nano (2) oversized touch and (3) apple gloves.
What's next?! LoL.
Not having been around Apple websites and such until about a year or two ago, has it always been like this? Speculation after speculation of a bunch of random crap before some big event?
What's next?! LoL.
Not having been around Apple websites and such until about a year or two ago, has it always been like this? Speculation after speculation of a bunch of random crap before some big event?
I don't know... I bet many people would disagree with me on this but I dont like the idea.
Imagine having to put on a glove to use your iPhone.
Imagine having to put on a glove to use your iPhone.
Warmer gloves (for those temperatures) are so bulky that using a relatively small device such as an iPhone is nearly impossible, regardless of whether they are multitouch compatible or not. My advice to -40 winter suffering Canadians is to 'go inside'.
In Canada, you can't just "go inside", life doesn't stand still for -40, I live in a region that had 3 weeks of -40 weather, I can't just go inside, I still have to buy groceries, go to school, have a life.
-40 stops for noone
You beat me to it - my first thought was "Minority Report" as well, but then I read a bit further...
Not having been around Apple websites and such until about a year or two ago, has it always been like this? Speculation after speculation of a bunch of random crap before some big event?
Yes, it's basically watching a bunch of pre-teen boys dreaming up a new gadget. In the old days, it was atomic powered rocket ships. Now it's tiny glossy computers.
Design limits and reason, outside of a sprinkling of previous Apple launch histories, are thrown out the window.
The Apple Product Cycle
Cold weather use of touch devices is a simple problem without a trivial solution. It's nice to hear that Apple is looking for a solution anyway.
Maybe they'll name their new product the iPod don't-have-to-Touch.
Maybe they'll name their new product the iPod don't-have-to-Touch.
I'm convinced that one of the reasons Apple launched iPhone sales in the summer, was to avoid having mass reports of being unable to use it with gloves.
