Please for the love of all that is good, do not wear these
Look, yes, the iPhone is kind of a fingerprint magnet. It attracts smudges the way Black Friday sales attract insanity. And the brilliant folks at Phone Fingers saw this as an opportunity—nay, a duty. A way to prevent people from desecrating their holy iPhones with their greasy, oily fingers. For just $10, you can buy a set of 25 phone fingers, latex sheathes that cover your thumb and forefinger (or, presumably, any other finger you choose to use your iPhone with). They claim that the iPhone’s touchscreen works perfectly with the Phone Fingers; we claim that you will look really stupid wearing them. Which is true? Both, neither? You decide.
Before you go out and spend you $10 on disassembled latex gloves, or even shell out the $3 for the five-piece “try before you buy” set (wait…isn’t that still buying?), I feel obliged to let you know that the fine minds here at iPhone Central have come up with our own competing revolutionary way of removing fingerprints and smudges from your iPhone. It’s an innovative cleaning fabric which, with one simple swipe, will clean your iPhone from top to bottom. Better yet, it comes in an almost infinite number of colors and designs. And, just for kicks, we’ve also designed it so it’ll keep your torso warm, while enabling you to use your arms and head. We call it the shirt. Available now at reasonable prices from fine retailers the world over.
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Comments (15)
Apparently, I'm not using my iPhone efficiently because I use only my fingertips. Why the hell are they so long?
Posted by Dave-O | October 18, 2007 5:04 PM
Where to even begin...
First of all, they are totally creepy looking. Who would want to look like they have a condom on their finger.
Secondly, would it have killed them to make them CLEAR??? Why not try to have them blend in a little. Gross, gross, gross.
Posted by Markito | October 18, 2007 5:25 PM
Oh, good grief, what a ridiculous product. In an era when so many of us are reducing, re-using and recycling, it just blows my mind that someone would try to create a market for a product that's, well, essentially unneeded.
Posted by Tammy | October 18, 2007 5:37 PM
Will they match my collection of iPod socks?? :-D
Posted by Robb | October 18, 2007 5:59 PM
Almost as lame looking as the iPod sock.
Posted by PT | October 18, 2007 7:48 PM
At least Allen Iverson's pointing finger will now match his shooting arm ;-)
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October 19, 2007 12:52 AM
I'm going to send this to my iPhone-toting friends for a good laugh. Then again, somebody bought the Chia Pet and the Pet Rock, too.
Posted by Raymond | October 19, 2007 2:41 AM
Wow. You put these on two fingers and have a sexy little dance number right on your desk....
Posted by TowerTone | October 19, 2007 11:02 AM
Has a definite S&M look. Maybe the company could add a teeny whip so that users could punish their iPhones.... Hmmm....
Posted by grimjim | October 19, 2007 11:08 AM
Just another way it proves that God has a sense of humor!
Posted by Marni Melrose | October 19, 2007 1:11 PM
Well, since most of the smudges on an iPhone are the result of putting it against ones ear while talking, I'm surprised they didn't come up with a latex ear glove. Certainly that wouldn't look nearly as foolish, right?
Posted by Daniel2828 | October 22, 2007 3:02 PM
Latex? Now?
When latex allergies are increasingly (it seems) common (or at least increasingly noticed).
When medical facilities either have their latex and non-latex gloves color coded, or have no latex at all.
Aside from being silly, these things are dangerous to at least some potential customers.
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October 22, 2007 5:33 PM
Yeah. I have a minor latex allergy which just means I get a little rash there.
Hmmm... Methinks that a condom could be used instead of this?
Posted by Fraser | October 26, 2007 12:32 AM
They need a 5th size...Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, and Oh My God!!!
Posted by Thor | October 26, 2007 3:22 AM
I bet it preven PTD's. (Phone Transmitted Diseases)
Posted by David | October 28, 2007 8:06 PM