I am writing this standing here, waiting for the train. It is couple degrees below zero. Stylus alllows me to keep my gloves on - I see that as a HUGE bonus.

It was obvious to this Canadian the first winter I owned an iPhone that the designers of the iPhone lived in California.

North Face’s E-Tip gloves let you use capacitative touch screens while your fingers are toasty warm.

You can add this feature to other gloves with a few inches of conductive thread.

http://lifehacker.com/5412625/make-any-pair-of-gloves-work-w...

When I was in D.C. for the inauguration last January I discovered the fatal incompatibility of iPhone's touchscreen with gloves. A stylus would have been handy.