iDevices have perhaps the best capacitive touchscreens in the world and this has increased their popularity among those looking for a touchscreen smartphone. However, this popularity also has its limits, specifically these capacitive touchscreens (and here I'm not just referring to those produced by Apple) are not able to receive commands if you wear a rubber glove or a textile glove over your finger. Practically, these capacitive screens work on the basis of 2 conductors: one on the screen and one represented by the human finger, and when the 2 conductors join, the screen receives a command. Rubber and textile materials do not allow this conductivity, so the screen does not receive commands.
A company from Japan seems to have found a solution for this problem and a developed a capacitive screen prototype that works even when operated by a hand covered by a rubber or textile material. At the moment, iPhone users have a very big problem in the winter because they cannot use the phone screen and I think that Apple would like to solve this problem and this screen prototype would be the ideal solution. Whether or not Apple will implement this technology in its iDevices remains to be seen, however I hope it will because it would make life easier for many people.
