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When we did the Party Time Nate Glove reviews, we actually had a test to try and dial an iPhone. Since none of the gloves worked, we didn’t bother posting it. (You’re welcome) But then we get this press release about Dots Gloves, which supposedly allow you to dial your iPhone while keeping your hands warm. And we thought apps were the only way to cash in on on iPhone fever! Now if we can just get a sweet snowboard company to make water proof ones… anyone?

DOTS Gloves Help Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Users
Call in from the Cold
www.dotsgloves.com

2009/2010 Line Features Three New Models With InTouch  Technology

New York, NY, October 19, 2009:  It’s a chillingly familiar scene: an Apple iPhone® user gets a call on a wintry street.  As she struggles to remove her gloves to operate the device, it slips from her cold gloveless hands and crashes hopelessly to the slushy street below.  Yuck.

DOTS gloves have changed all that, to the relief and satisfaction of iPhone® (and iPod® Touch) users everywhere.  Last year, as we fell into a deep recession, childhood friends and DOTS Co-CEO’s Larry Lairson and Chris Harrison harnessed their entrepreneurial skills and began handcrafting specialized gloves to survive the challenging state of economy as well as Jack Frost.  As a former university copywriter in Iowa City, Iowa, where temperatures regularly dipped to minus 20F, Harrison “saw a lot of people around town taking their gloves off with their teeth to answer their touch screen phones and knew there had to be a better way.”

What the two didn’t know at the time was that their small idea aimed to suit the needs of an Apple customer trying desperately to avoid frostbite would take flight so quickly.  With just one winter season under their belts, DOTS Gloves has fine-tuned their collection to include three stylish new models with InTouch technology to make all-weather, gloves-on operation of the iPhone and touch screen devices a cold snap, and a snap in the cold.

DOTS gloves are attractive but unfussy.  Says Lairson, “The tendency for tech-related accessories is to go with a sort of space-age feel.  But especially with Apple it’s just inappropriate.  People are moving towards good design.”

On the street or on the slopes, DOTS gloves have used InTouch technology to help users stay…in touch.

The all-new DOTS Gloves product line for 2010 includes:

•    D200
The flagship D200 boasts a nylon shell for weatherproofing and a fleece lining for greater warmth.  DOTS Gloves has covered the palm in a microfiber grip material that feels and holds like suede, providing users a strong grasp on the iPhone or touch screen device even in the harshest temperatures.  The InTouch technology embroidered into the three “dots” on thumb and two fingertips achieves the most device response possible simulating a human finger.

•    D105
The D105 is DOTS Gloves’ black acrylic knitted glove with contrasting InTouch yarn fingertips.   The entire fingertip of these gloves will help operate an iPhone or touch screen device. The lightweight knit that allows touching, tapping, scrolling and even pinching/swimming iPhone functions.

•    D110
Like the D105, the D110 is an acrylic knitted glove, but it’s thicker and softer than the D105, with thicker InTouch fingertips to match.  The D110 features a speckled knit styling.

DOTS Gloves work with all Apple touch screen devices, including the iPhone, iPod, iTouch, and iPod Nano. The D200 is currently available online NOW at www.dotsgloves.com;  the D105 and D110 models join the collection in mid-November  DOTS Gloves product line will also be on offer at www.ThinkGeek.com by mid-November.  DOTS Gloves is already working on their NEXT collection, fans and users can check them out at Macworld, February 9-13, 2010 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.