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news.cnet.com - 11/11/2008

Etre Touchy gloves give gadgets the finger

— news.cnet.com — (Credit: Etre ) Like the Freehands gloves that came before them, the Etre Touchy gloves lack a... thumb and index finger so gadget owners can keep their hands warm while more easily touching, tapping, and pinching their devices' controls and touch ... (more) Etre Touchy gloves give gadgets the finger

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Etre Touchy gloves
Coolest Gadgets — ... Winter is upon us, and chances are many among us will be out wearing gloves to keep our precious digits nice and warm. Unfortunately, gloved hands don’t work too well with a touch screen device, especially all you iPhone-toting folks. I guess this is why a stylus is included with most touch screen gadgets, but for those who want the best of both worlds, there is always the Etre Touchy gloves which offer a practical way to keep your hands warm without sacrificing on functionality where your touch screen device is concerned. All digits are covered save ...

Etre Touchy: Gadget-Friendly Gloves
GeekAlerts — ... the touch-screen / electronic device compatibility of fingerless gloves. That’s because they are “part normal pair of gloves, part fingerless pair of gloves!” That is, they cover your middle, ring and little fingers completely, keeping your hands nice cosy, clean and damp-free; while exposing only the tips of your thumbs and index fingers, allowing you to touch, tap, stroke, slide and pinch your device’s display in any which way you choose! You can get a pair of Etre Touchy gloves from the official website for £14.99 ($24). ...

Etre Touchy gloves give gadgets the finger
Crave: The gadget blog — ... that came before them, the Etre Touchy gloves lack a thumb and index finger so gadget owners can keep their hands warm while more easily touching, tapping, and pinching their devices' controls and touch screens. Are we seeing a style trend? To quote the ... ...

Guantes Etre Touchy, diseñados para usar con tus gadgets
Gizmología — ... el grosor que tienen lo mismo pulsan la S como la A. Esta vez es mucho más sencillo que guantes con puntitos o complicados guantes UBS, si no que son unos simples guantes con el dedo indice y pulgar recortados, para poder usar tus gadgets, sobretodo los reproductores o teléfonos. Cuesta £14.99, al cambio unos 18 euros, seguramente la forma más sencilla es coger unos viejos guantes que tengas y cortarles tu mismo la punta. Enlace: Etre Touchy | Vía: Crave Comparte esta anotación ...

Etretouchy Lets Geeks Finger in the Cold
Technology - Channel Feed — ... Well, finger their gadgets at least. The Etretouchy is basically a pair of gloves with holes that leave both hands’ index fingers and thumbs exposed. It’s easy to see that this geeky sort of apparel will keep hands warm, while allowing reasonable accuracy when tapping or touching your way through a gadget’s features. ...

Etre Touchy iPhone and iPod Touch Friendly Gloves
Chip Chick — ... Here in New York it might as well be the dead of winter. It feels like 20 degrees and it’s only mid November. This is the time of season that many who have a iPhone or any device that requires your pointer or thumb to operate it, will find themselves removing their gloves constantly when outside to do anything. So Etre Touchy has a pair of cute cotton gloves that are feminine and not atrocious looking like a few other gadget friendly gloves we have seen. These brown gloves with a aqua blue trim on the pointer and thumb parts of the glove. The best part is ...

Etre Touchy Gloves Hands-on Review: Touchscreen Heaven
Phones Review — ... Now when we were sent these “Etre Touchy Gloves” we actually thought these would come under the novelty category, now come on a pair of gloves with the thumb and index finger part missing, that why we said “Are you serious? ...

Etre Touchy - keep your hands warm while touching your touchy things
The Red Ferret Journal - gadgets, cool sites, freeware and tech trivia — Etretouchy The Etre Touchy gloves are designed to let you fondle your touchscreens even in the bitter depths of winter. They ve done this by cutting off the thumb and index finger tips to make sure you can stroke, glide, multi-touch and similar all with minimal risk of frostbite. Frozen chicken as I am, I m gonna have to pass on this. I d rather wrassle a warthog than expose any part of my pinkies to sub-zero temperatures, even if it is for something as important as locating the nearest pizza shop on my Google maps. Your mileage may vary. 14.99 ($22.40). Etre Touchy gloves ...

Etre Touchy gloves won't let winter spoil your texting fun
DVICE Atom Feed — ... off, chances are your voice mail has picked up the call. If all you want to do is answer the phone, you could get some fancy Bluetooth enabled ski gloves, but even at $500 a pair, all they let you do is answer a call. The Etre Touchy gloves are a much lower tech solution that simply leaves the tips of your index fingers and thumbs exposed, allowing you to work all of the phone's fancy functions. The Etre Touchy gloves are available now for about $23 Etre Touchy, via Your Tech Weblog

Phone Gloves
Boing Boing Gadgets — Ascending the brightest heaven of invention, Etre Touchy creates a "stylish, fun and practical way to keep your hands warm" while using modern touchscreen devices. Priced £15, the cunning design gives you "the freedom to touch, tap, stroke, slide and pinch." No. No jokes. Just a stern and unyielding glower. Gloves [Etre Touch via DVICE]

etre touchy gloves: less is more
technabob — ... scissors. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for waiting for others to come up with great ideas. I, too, have an idea. An ordinary telephone has too many numbers, which makes telephone numbers hard to memorize. What if I scrap them all except for the number 4? Then we’ll only have to remember how many 4’s there are in someone’s number! I’ll call it The Fourn. Or Fourno. Then I’ll sell it for $800! Money money money-MONEY! [Etre Touchy via Forever Geek] ...

Hand Gloves for your Touch Screen Phone
Techlivez.com — Touch Screen technology has really evolved the mobile phones and people are getting adapted to it. Winters are around the corner and innovative minds have already realized the problem created by the hand gloves while using a touch screen devices. Touch enabled devices do not respond well while wearing the hand gloves as they are unable to sense the motion completely. Thus they have created such gloves which won’t make you get them down in cold, just to use your phone. Etre Touchy, a specially designed partly fingerless hand glove created by Simon exposes the ...

Etre Touchy Gloves Keep You Warm and Connected
GEARFUSE — ... all of your fingers except the thumb and forefinger. Sure, it might be mustache-free, but that’s the price you have to pay. With only two fingers missing warmth, you might look a little silly, but the utility of not having to remove your gloves, and not being pushed away from wearing gloves in the first place, is so worth it. The winter chill is harsh, but so is not having any access to my iPhone. At least I can save my other three fingers from frostbite. Link [via] ...

Gloves keep hands warm, but give you the finger (and thumb)
The Raw Feed — ... Etre Touchy gloves are a cross between regular and fingerless gloves. Only the thumb and index fingers are exposed, so you can use your touch-screen gadgets without removing the gloves. Will these catch on? ...

Would You Pay $34 For Gloves With Missing Fingers?
GeekSugar — ... The price seems a little steep, but at $34, these Etre Touchy Gloves do solve a basic problem: using your iPhone, iPod, computer, or other touch-screen device while wearing gloves. Most gadgets won't respond to a woolly glove, only bare skin. In theory, I like these. And on days that the temperature doesn't dip too low, I guess they're practical - but I still think they're a bit silly-looking. ...

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The Raw Feed — ... Etre Touchy gloves are a cross between regular and fingerless gloves. Only the thumb and index fingers are exposed, so you can use your touch-screen gadgets without removing the gloves. Will these catch on? ...