 Poster: A snowHead
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This is a bit of a saddo question. Having got my iPhone (Yawn Yawn, I know). Can you answer an I phone with gloves on - an experiment at home suggests not, so my question is whether there is a way to answer an iPhone hands free or with a dongle doo dah that doesn't involve the headphones / mic? Thanks to anyone who feels they can stoop to answering this 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Leave the phone in the chalet!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you have a bluetooth hands-free or something like that (or even the headphones with their switch) you can answer the phone that way, assuming that whatever you have connected is useable with your ski gloves on. None of the buttons on the 'phone will answer it though, as you have found out.
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RandomSkier, it makes quite a good tracker! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Set it to auto-answer and hope you hear it ring 
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Mountain Haddock, I wouldn't answer my phone out skiing in any form or shape, gloves or no gloves - that is just asking for "dropped phone out of the chairlift" incidents.... 
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Mountain Haddock, Don't answer it. Set your voice mail message to say as much, and then listen to messages at the end of the day.
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the ipone screen needs to be touched by skin for the contacts to be made - there are some clever (but not cheap) gloves that can replicate that effect these looked the best of the bunch:
http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/tnf-catalog-master/etip-glove.html?parent_category_rn=
I will not have a boring Iphone for a couple of weeks (till it comes out on Orange) and am seriously considering a pair so I can use the GPS/Tracker apps for piste maps when I am out skiing rather then in a Fridge.
Also there are some nice (well flash) bluetooth helmets if you are a helmet wearer though this Red one which I have not yet seen for sale in the UK is the only one that claims it is compatable with mobile phones.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Mon 2-11-09 14:47; edited 2 times in total
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I can't imagine an iphone is worth taking skiing, given their value + being a bit more fragile than your average phone. I really wouldn't want to be messing about with apps on the hill with mine.
Anyway, I answer my bog standard mobile in -20 fernie conditions by... wait for it... taking a glove off then putting it back on again
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Interesting, I may get one as standard issue from work. And I've been known to take calls while skiing, though not often, as I don't like it. "Can't answer the phone due to its touchscreen interface" is a fantastic excuse.
Last year I had an interesting conversation with mrs horizon - she wanted to talk and I needed to catch up with friends so I stuck my phone under my helmet and proceeded to scrape my way down a mogul run...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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try spitting on your fingers
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Thanks guys (and I'm sure you all are guys) Out with the Bob the Builder phone with the cracked screen and no camera it is then!!
DaveC, gloves off - in January...?
As for not having the phone, its incompatible with being "Daddy" on the slopes, even when the "children" are as old as 65! 
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You know it makes sense.
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Does the iPhone not have an accelerometer triggered answering (ie by giving it a quick waggle) ?
Or is this the next new feature for the 3GS+1 that will make all iPhone users go and buy the next generation model, just like being able to cut+paste made them go buy the 3GS ?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Mountain Haddock wrote: |
| As for not having the phone, its incompatible with being "Daddy" on the slopes, even when the "children" are as old as 65! |
Definitely - if the group splits up I always make sure there's at least one 'phone in each group.
The iPhone's pretty tough really - mine's been through a lot and have never had any problems at all. Plus there are some applications which may prove mildly entertaining when skiing, allowing you to measure the angle of the slope you've just conquered (for bragging rights) for example, or even for measuring wind speed should you be kite-skiing! Of rather more use is plain old google maps.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Probably responds to skin so poke it with your nose?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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cut and paste was software andy, dont think "shake to answer" (which sounds like a horror show of an idea) exists on it but I'm sure it's available via jailbreaking.
Mountain Haddock, I still have both my hands from taking a glove off for twenty seconds occasionally. January is Fernie's -20 or lower month, so yeah, not as big a deal as it's being made out to be?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| crazy_skier_jules wrote: |
| Probably responds to skin so poke it with your nose? |
Genius idea! That would work!
EDIT: To confirm it does actually work - having just tried it out. Yes, I am that sad ...
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mfj197,
But what if I'm wearing a face mask
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I have to take gloves off to answer any normal phone anyway, as most mobile phones apart from those specifically designed for the visually impaired have small buttons that are useless with gloves on.
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| robboj wrote: |
mfj197,
But what if I'm wearing a face mask |
erm - wear one of these on your nose?
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Be careful using tracking/GPS apps on the mountains. Turn off any maps in the programme to avoid massive data charges.
I put mine in my rucksack with the number of rings set short. I can then catch up with calls at lunch or when walking to the bar for some apres.
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Take your gloves off.
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| mfj197 wrote: |
| crazy_skier_jules wrote: |
| Probably responds to skin so poke it with your nose? |
Genius idea! That would work!
EDIT: To confirm it does actually work - having just tried it out. Yes, I am that sad ... |
That could get messy on a cold day and with a runny nose....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| bar shaker wrote: |
| Be careful using tracking/GPS apps on the mountains. Turn off any maps in the programme to avoid massive data charges. |
Yup - it can get expensive. Easiest way to prevent charges on the iPhone do this is to disable data roaming in Settings - General - Network.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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crazy_skier_jules, brilliant! A brief trial at the office suggests it works with pointy, bobble and hooky poffs, just not to be too squeamish about snot on the precious iScreen
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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mfj197,
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Poster: A snowHead
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mfj197,
yep and the iGlove would not perform basic tasks like keep your hands warm or maybe dry..but it would not perform in style ... 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Given the pathetic battery life at room temperature, taking a call would would be the least of your worries if it was cold enough to need gloves.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Last season one of our staff was a bit of an apple gadget freak. He bought a watch that could remotely operate his ipod or iphone, not sure which. The idea was to be able to use it when he was boarding, but it turns out he was unable to use it as intended because he could not get it over his sleeve.
Mountain Haddock, please don't bother with the hi-tech, great-when-it-works remote watch apple gadget.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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.Ro, I tried that but when I dialled 999 it ended up as Fyffe Fyffe Fyffe. 
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there are so many iphone gloves on the market now, I'll just have to eat my banana.
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| test_freak wrote: |
the ipone screen needs to be touched by skin for the contacts to be made - there are some clever (but not cheap) gloves that can replicate that effect these looked the best of the bunch:
http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/tnf-catalog-master/etip-glove.html?parent_category_rn=
I will not have a boring Iphone for a couple of weeks (till it comes out on Orange) and am seriously considering a pair so I can use the GPS/Tracker apps for piste maps when I am out skiing rather then in a Fridge. |
DO NOT under any circumstances buy these. First hand experience.
Thin, cold, not at all waterproof, and the 'magic material' (some silver cotton) sewed amateurishly onto the index finger of the right hand glove - for that is all that is special about them - gradually unwinds and falls off.
They are absolute, utter, irredeemable, shit. Aimed at ignorant muppets with more money than sense (iPhone owners).
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Um... you could try asking Siri how to answer with gloves.
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The best thing you can do, is to cut the end of a finger of a normal glove.
I REPEAT DO NOT buy North Face eTip gloves.
Shit name, shit glove.
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