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   Women With Long Finger Nails Complaining That iPhone Is Sexist   
   by Tim Stevens, posted Jun 18th 2008 at 1:04PM   
      
      
      
   It's easy to see how some gadgets might be biased towards those who are   
   right-handed versus left, and certainly some gadgets are completely   
   unfriendly toward those with disabilities. But can a gadget be sexist?   
   According to an article published in the Los Angeles Times, that's the claim   
   being made by many women who believe the iPhone is unfairly designed to be   
   completely unusable by those of the fairer sex with long fingernails.   
      
   Every application within the iPhone was specifically designed to be   
   accessible with your fingertip. The touchscreen detects your body's   
   electrical charge when it comes in contact with the device, enabling it to   
   determine where you pressed. As a result, fingernails (especially of the   
   glued-on variety) tend to get in the way while using the iPhone, which is   
   irritating some women profusely.   
      
   Some women are calling for the iPhone to be redesigned to include   
   stylus-control capability (as on some Windows Mobile and Palm Treo devices),   
   but we're more inclined to think that long fingernails went out in the early   
   '90s and that modern devices require modern manicures -- like the   
   meticulously pristine digits used in Apple's advertising. [Source:   
   DelawareOnline, via Shiny Shiny]   
      
   http://www.switched.com/2008/06/18/women-with-long-finger-nails-   
   omplaining-that-iphone-is-sexist/   
      
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