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June 24, 2008

Some Women Don't Like iPhones
— Dave in Texas

I'm trying to figure out why women with long nails who've already found them difficult with other things would get an iPhone (the writer lists other troubling devices like keyboards, touch screen monitors, my zipper).

(Ok, that last one's not really a problem. Allow me).

Not having dealt with this problem myself, I assume regular cell phones are a little challenging too, I mean, you can press small buttons with a long nail but that can't be easy either.

One of the women quoted in the LAT article linked said she was disappointed that the new iPhone didn't include a stylus, but I think the real answer lies in electrostatically charged nail polish.

See? Always thinking on the ideas. Memo to self: Edible. Garbage.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 08:12 AM | Comments (24)
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1 You missed out on the Japanese sex robots. Gotta jump on those ideas right away.

Posted by: roy at June 24, 2008 08:22 AM (cB77O)

2 You missed the obvious real design flaw here: gloves. I, like Michael Jackson, need to wear a glove at all times on my right hand, purely for fashion. The iPhone does not work with gloves, and I have tried many alternatives:

-OJ's isotoners
-mittens
-those Hulk hands that just came out
-the PowerGlove (you would figure that HAD to work)
-a Gary Payton jersey
-actual Gary Payton (too unwieldy, but worked)
-Victorian kid gloves

and none are acceptable.

I'm gonna sue, who's with me?

Posted by: Skullberg at June 24, 2008 08:37 AM (Z3eHM)

3 An iphone would be wasted on the average woman imo. She may buy it and enjoy it for a little while, but she probably will not know how to use it properly. Then it is just like any other phone that she could take a picture of her cats with.

Posted by: bleh at June 24, 2008 09:12 AM (GNCy6)

Seriously ... Wah!!

Long nails are gross, have huge collections of bacteria/boogers/poop, and make women look like porn stars. Cut them down to business length and stop thinking that the world revolves around you.

Posted by: brian at June 24, 2008 09:51 AM (9/9p7)

5 Eh, just get the Nokia instead. Cheaper, better, easier to use.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 24, 2008 10:35 AM (0+Ggj)

6 Bend your finger.

Use your knuckle.

There you go, gals.

Posted by: Unknown Moron at June 24, 2008 12:19 PM (lbwUE)

7 I keep my nails very short because it is difficult to use a keyboard with long nails. I have very little sympathy for those women with dragon lady nails who also whine that this makes practical things like typing and masturbation more difficult. No, you think?

Posted by: alexthechick at June 24, 2008 12:20 PM (GknYa)

It's hard to make a fist, too. A hard one, that is.

Posted by: Joanie at June 24, 2008 12:22 PM (Z9tCp)

Hillary Clinton broke new ground in her race for the White House. Yet some iPhone users complain that when it comes to the hot gadget from Apple, women are still being treated like second-class citizens.

Wow.

Posted by: dan-O at June 24, 2008 12:24 PM (7Nejo)

that's ok Joanie, you just tell me who you want slugged.

unless he's bigger than me

Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 24, 2008 12:32 PM (pzen5)

11 "I keep my nails very short because it is difficult to use a keyboard with long nails. I have very little sympathy for those women with dragon lady nails who also whine that this makes practical things like typing and masturbation more difficult. No, you think? " I thought long nails were over? I don't know, I live in the country and ride horses, no one I know can keep nail polish on, never mind nail length..

Posted by: Ann NY at June 24, 2008 12:33 PM (SPfHA)

12 Yea, and alex, any of the girls having trouble with the masturbation thing, well I'm all about helping out.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 24, 2008 12:37 PM (VBon8)

13 any of the girls having trouble with the masturbation thing, well I'm all about helping out.

Your nobility is touching. Truly, it is.

Posted by: alexthechick at June 24, 2008 12:42 PM (GknYa)

"you just tell me who you want slugged."

Hey thanks Dave. Her name is Resusci Annie. I saw her in a liplock with my boyfriend in the 7th Grade. I hear she still hangs out at the Y.

Posted by: Joanie at June 24, 2008 12:48 PM (Z9tCp)

15 She said "touching." Heh.

Posted by: harrison at June 24, 2008 12:49 PM (Gv4O0)

Uh, long nails are an outdated symbol of being upper-class. I.E. not a laborer. If you really want an iPhone and nails AND the upper-class attitude, get an executive assistant. Then you can hand your E.A. the phone and your latte and be light-handed and naily and sech.

Easy-peasy.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 24, 2008 01:28 PM (z9O1B)

17 Wait, Ace, surprised you didn't reference the "stylus in your zipper...."

Posted by: ParisParamus at June 24, 2008 01:51 PM (mP9eI)

18 A woman interviewed for the article went so far as to suggest Apple was being misogynistic because it did not include a stylus for women and didn't consider womens' fingers and nails when designing the phone. WTF? Misogynistic? Who was the woman? Amanda Marcotte?

Posted by: Paul at June 24, 2008 04:47 PM (NSybO)

Fake nails suck. You just can't give an itch a good scratch with those things. Never mind putting contacts in. Why I have had to replace both my eyeballs with falsies because of long nails.

Posted by: pajama momma at June 24, 2008 05:00 PM (f3xJa)

20 I'm with Bleh! iPhones, along with 99% of all performance vehicles. If I get caught behind another 7 series BMW,AMG Benz or Cayenne S turbo doing 5mph under, I'm pistol checking their run flat tires.

Posted by: hutch1200 at June 24, 2008 05:30 PM (gHkHa)

21 I would bet money that it's not mysoginy, it's that these products tend to be designed by men, and men don't think of these considerations because they don't have to deal with them on a regular basis. I wouldn't even call it thoughtlessness, just plain innocent ignorance.

Posted by: Joanna at June 25, 2008 04:40 AM (Db2kZ)

22 How do you wipe your ass with those long fingernails? And I am gonna pull an Imus and ask the color of the woman who was quoted in the article.

Posted by: unclerudy at June 25, 2008 10:05 AM (BzTiY)

23 This woman could prolly help out, Dave.

Posted by: Dan Collins at June 25, 2008 05:45 PM (SohFK)

24 Lady, you want a stylus? Just clip ONE NAIL short. Use that finger as a stylus. Start a trend.

Posted by: Jim C. at June 26, 2008 01:40 AM (H0BL1)

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