In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

smart phone ???

toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
Since I'm a geezer in training my eye sight has taken a turn I ended up getting my first smart phone so that I can turn the font up large enough to read it. I've had the phone since x-mas, and since the weather has turned cold I've been wearing gloves once in awhile. Why is it that when you're wearing gloves you can't swipe the phone to answer it when it rings??
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know why but I'll never own a smart phone.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You probably need Touchscreen gloves that have conductive material that will interact with the Touchscreen.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,404 ******
    edited November -1
    Touchscreens operate by sensing changes in capacitance. Gloves can be an insulator that does not register the capacitance change. Thus, you need conductive gloves. They are marketed practically everywhere.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    they dont work wet ether, but the upside greatly outweighs the down side
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    may be a smart phone but it isn't smart enuff to know it's you under gloves...or u haven't really bonded with it yet...OR ...did u get the secret code with purchase...security is #! u kno..OR a pencil won't write when you rub it across paper till u put the pointy end down....OR..the body is a conductor and a finger distorts the screen field whereas the glove is a non conductor unless u get the wife to really give u a charge
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • carrie2carrie2 Member Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Stylus to carry with you.
    Kentucky born and raised!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I'll beee. U boys are a bunch of down right genuine geniuses[;)]....thanks!!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    gotta get some BS with the real stuff
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • IdahoboundIdahobound Member Posts: 20,587 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you meant CHRISTmas
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Try using the bare tip of your nose when you are wearing nonconductint gloves. Might work.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the brand and type of phone do you have Android or I-phone?

    I have carried a "throw away" Tracfone for years to use while hunting, trail riding etc that would be no big deal if it got lost.

    When Tracfone sent me a new Android phone I found that it has an auto answer setting.. Just say something and answer the call. Then when you are finished and the other party hangs up it disconnects automatically.

    I have come to like the feature after using it a few times.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't know if I could survive with out my I PHONE 6+....I do business all day with mine...[;)]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,243 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use your nose.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Use your nose.


    C,mon Steve read my original post dude.....My peeps suck at trying to see anything closer than about 3 feet. Given my nose is probably larger than normal, but it's less than that. So using my snout would be futile....[;)] Thanks for the suggestion though...
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Okie743Okie743 Member Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Use your nose.


    It's a smart phone. When you have your gloves on it cannot read your IQ or senses a low IQ.

    Try using your tongue on the screen when the weather is cold.

    I've noticed that people that drive smart cars appear to be dumb *.

    The more people I meet the more I like my dog.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,243 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    Use your nose.


    C,mon Steve read my original post dude.....My peeps suck at trying to see anything closer than about 3 feet. Given my nose is probably larger than normal, but it's less than that. So using my snout would be futile....[;)] Thanks for the suggestion though...

    OK, use your nose AND your reading glasses!
    I do feel your pain. My eyes were great right up until I hit 50. Now I need readers for anything closer than about 2 feet. Still 20/15 beyond that though.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i asked my wifes smart phone to do something and it gave me the finger
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,191 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    yes use your nose to swipe it open
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,243 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spasmcreek
    i asked my wifes smart phone to do something and it gave me the finger

    My wife has a smart phone and I swear that thing is possessed. Every time I try to talk on it I hang up on the caller or some other weird thing happens. I'll stick with my Motorola Quantico flip phone.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,426 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my smartphone hangs on the wall and has a dial, as smart as the grandkids are it took them a while to figure out how to use it.....[;)]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it rings:

    a) gloves off....answer it
    b) gloves on ... answer it
    c) too late .... press re-dial
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Touchscreens operate by sensing changes in capacitance. Gloves can be an insulator that does not register the capacitance change. Thus, you need conductive gloves. They are marketed practically everywhere.



    [;)]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.