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Agloves: a winter wardrobe staple

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Sara B.

Every woman needs a little black dress, a sexy pair of black pumps and a pair of winter touchscreen gloves.

Agloves are the ultimate fusion of fashion and technology.

Agloves are the ultimate fusion of fashion and technology.

Traditional winter gloves don’t work with touchscreens, forcing smartphone users to freeze their fingers when they answer their phones, post to Facebook or send a text or tweet.

But Agloves®, America’s best winter touchscreen gloves and the ultimate fusion of fashion and technology, work with all touchscreen devices and allow fashionistas to stay connected while being both warm and trendy. The gloves, made with patent-pending technology, provide full 10-finger access to all smartphones, tablets and touchscreen interfaces as accurately as a bare hand. The gloves have a snug, comfortable fit providing optimum dexterity and precision for texting, scrolling or swiping.

Agloves Sport, knit with a blend of acrylic, spandex and silver yarn, are black with silver flecks to produce a charcoal grey color. Because the gloves are primarily made with acrylic, they are breathable and help draw moisture away from the body.

Agloves Bamboo, knit with a lightweight blend of silver yarn and bamboo, are made with a total of 87 percent antimicrobial fibers. The cream-colored winter gloves can be worn alone or as glove liners.

Both styles are attractive and affordable at $23.99 and are available online at agloves.com and at selected retailers, including Best Buy and Verizon Wireless.

 

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Touchscreen glove companies vie to be category leader

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Sara B.

LAS VEGAS, 10 Jan. 2012 @ CES — In 2011, the touchscreen glove market flooded with new brands, new flavors and new ways of crafting the touchscreen glove.

But which touchscreen gloves will be remembered as the iPod of the MP3 players? Hopefully 2012 will tell, as consumers sift through many choices and decide which glove to buy.

Agloves are iPhone gloves, iPad gloves, Android gloves, winter touchscreen gloves.

Bobby Thompson, senior manager at Bivouac in Ann Arbor, Mich., said his store carries five brands of touchscreen gloves – including Agloves® – and has trouble keeping them on the shelf. About 60 percent of Bivouac’s customers buy the gloves as a gift for someone who owns a smartphone.

Unlike other touchscreen gloves, Agloves – twice named Best New Product 2011 (Stevie Awards, BCBR IQ) and Audience Choice Winner (IFA, 2011) – are not “retrofitted” with conductive patches or stitching.  Instead, Agloves put patent-pending technology directly into the glove resulting in uncompromised performance, effortless accuracy and agility. With Agloves, you can mimic the intuitive motions of your bare hand and text, swipe and scroll like normal.

Thompson of Bivouac said when customers first look at touchscreen gloves they think only being able to use a finger and thumb will be OK.

“Most people don’t think about how helpful it would be to have the ability to scroll and read email while using the palm of your hand because you’re trying to juggle your phone, coffee, car keys and the paper,” he said.

Gloves. Who knew. Smartphones skyrocket, and now one of the hottest gadget accessories are gloves. Strange how technology infiltrates even our winter clothing.

What sets Agloves apart? We implore you to try them yourself. But here is what we think:

· The best ingredients. Agloves are made with real silver, the most conductive metal on the periodic table. We spend the extra dime, to give you better quality

· Thoughtful technology. Patent-pending technology makes Agloves the most accurate touchscreen glove on the market

· Elegant look. Agloves technology is built into the glove, avoiding clunky patches, or a robotic look.

Agloves sell at a rate of about 2.4 pairs per minute on their online store in the US alone. That’s nearly a quarter of a million people who now don touchscreen gloves.

 

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Smartphones create jobs

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Sara B.

In today’s job market, you rarely hear the words hot or lucrative.

But in 2012, as reliance on smartphone technology intensifies, an entire sub-culture of jobs and industries continue to fatten at least this one technology sector job market.

Smartphones have created a demand for protective cases, Bluetooth headsets, interactive apps and winter touchscreen gloves.

Smartphones have created a demand for protective cases, Bluetooth headsets, interactive apps and winter touchscreen gloves.

According to a July 2011 survey by freelancer.com, the number of smartphone development jobs grew 12 percent from the first quarter of 2011 to the second. Jobs ranging from software engineers to marketing positions for the Android, iPhone and iPad all saw double-digit growth rates over the two quarters. Technical support also comprises a large share of the new jobs.

And because while smartphones have become so fully incorporated into our lives, they also have created some new needs that developers and business professionals are now making money by fulfilling.

Who knew you needed a device charger everyday, at least once a day, or maybe several chargers conveniently located at home, in the car and at work? Or a Bluetooth earpiece to make it easier to actually use your smartphone to make calls? Or a rugged cell phone cover to protect your device?

Fort Collins, CO-based Otterbox, which manufactures smartphone cases, added 240 employees from 2007 to 2010 and saw its revenue skyrocket from $5.1 million to $168.9 million during that time frame, according to Inc. Magazine.

Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking website, inspired an “App Economy” that created as many as 235,644 jobs and spent $15.71 billion in wages and benefits through September 2011, according to a study from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

But it’s not just the development of technology that is growing, some analysts said.

“People need to be attuned to the use of technology,” said Woodson Martin, Salesforce.com’s senior vice president for employee success, according to a Dice article.

For example, the touchscreen glove market is a relatively new winter apparel industry that revolutionizes winter gloves to be touchscreen-friendly.

Agloves, warm winter gloves knitted with silver that work effectively with all 10 fingers on all touchscreen devices, were created by Boulder, CO mother-daughter duo Jennifer and Jean Spencer when they discovered two years ago that their normal gloves wouldn’t work with their iPhones.

The pair experimented with several products, before deciding to use silver, to create Agloves.

Initially launched as an online only e-commerce store, Agloves sold 43,000 pairs into 43 countries in 2010. In 2011, the company sold 173,000 pairs. During the 2011 holiday season, the gloves sold at a rate of 2.4 pairs per minute on the Agloves online store.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Make your New Year’s resolutions stick

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sara B.

 

Each year, “getting in shape” tops the lists of most popular resolutions across the country. Agloves winter touchscreen gloves help you keep your New Year's fitness resolutions.

Yet research shows that by mid-February most people have abandoned that goal.

Make sure you make your resolutions stick this year. Consider giving yourself a little gift of motivation to start 2012 with a bang.

Consider using these cool gadgets and apps to stick to your fitness goals.

1. Agloves: Is winter’s cold keeping you from jogging or exercising outside? Agloves are touchscreen compatible gloves that won’t break the bank and keep you both warm and connected to your iPod and music player, without having to remove your gloves. Here’s to warming up winter motivation. And at a price under $25, buying the gloves may help you with another popular New Year’s resolution: saving money.

2. Get Fit iPhone app: Want a personal trainer without having to make a call? Body Fitness is for you. Get those washboard abs with your calendar-style exercise plan. Body Fitness creates a personal workout plan to improve you results.

3. Calorie Track iPhone app: Customized for your own height, weight and goal weight, Calorie Track monitors your daily progress, and if you fall off the wagon, helps you get back on track.

4. Reebok InColor Pedometer: You don’t have to run a marathon to get in shape. A pedometer is a great way to track your steps-per-day count and boost your motivation to get moving.

5. Dumbbell Alarm Clock: Start your workout from the instant you wake up with the Dumbbell Alarm Clock. When the alarm sounds at 6 a.m., you’ll have to do 30 reps before it will stop.

 

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Do-It-Yourself Touchscreen Gloves

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Sara B.

By Jennifer Spencer

It takes a conductive material to make ordinary gloves work on a capacitive touchscreen like iPhone, Droids or tablets.

Agloves were created to work on all touchscreen gadgets.

Agloves were created to work on all touchscreen gadgets.

Here’s a creative link that shows you how to take that basic concept to create your own touchscreen gloves. It can be fun to do a “make your own” project. Although functionality may be limited, these gloves will work.

A quick search of the internet shows that there are many “Build/Make/Create Your Own” opportunities. Wouldn’t it be fun to actually build a car!!

Build your own car kit

Make your own beer kit

Sew your own clothes

The fact is that most of us appreciate the expertise that goes into the products we buy. We like that someone else has figured out the design and engineering necessary to make a product truly usable. We like when our car starts reliably on a cold evening. We like buying a new dress that fits like a dream. And we like the consistency of opening a Bud with friends to toast the New Year.

So here’s a toast to the individuals and companies who create products that make our lives easier and better.

Here’s to the availability of products we value at prices we can afford. Cheers!

P.S. If you’d like to know some of the design details that make Agloves a fantastic product Click Here

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Cool Material Features Touch Screen Compatible Gloves

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Jean Spencer

This is an awesome article we found that CoolMaterial.com did, which features Agloves.

touch gloves, iPhone gloves

Click image to see CoolMaterial.com's article

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Not all touchscreens are created equally

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Sara B.

By Jennifer Spencer

This is a fantastic article by Priya Ganapati at Wired Magazine on Capacitive Touchscreens.  It talks about the engineering and calibration required to have a capacitive touchscreen that works the way you expect it to work – Why iPhones have the best interface.

Agloves are designed to give wearers the effortless accuracy and agility they expect on their high-end touchscreen gadgets.

Agloves are designed to give wearers the effortless accuracy and agility they expect on their high-end touchscreen gadgets.

Touchscreen components come from the same select pool of suppliers; however, it takes more than hardware to make get the right balance.

Chris Verplaetse, vice president of Moto Development Group, says, “It’s like asking what makes a Mercedes door close like a Mercedes door and a Hyundai door close like one though they use the same steel. There is clearly a difference.

Similarly, not all touchscreen gloves are created equally.

Unlike many touchscreen gloves, Agloves® are not “retrofitted” with conductive patches or stitching. Agloves are designed to give wearers the effortless accuracy and agility they expect on their high-end gadgets.

Bobby Thompson, senior manager at Bivouac in Ann Arbor, Mich., which carries five brands of touchscreen gloves – including Agloves, said when customers first look at touchscreen gloves they think that only being able to use a finger and their thumb will be OK.

“But being able to use more than just the index finger and thumb is a beneficial trait more often than people expect,” he said. “Most people don’t think about how helpful it would be to have the ability to scroll and read email while using the palm of your hand because you’re trying to juggle your phone, coffee, car keys and the paper.”

Kelly Clay, a blogger at Locker Gnome, compared touchscreen gloves and declared Agloves her favorite and the best touchscreen gloves for women.

“Agloves keep your hands warmer than Lululemon’s or The North Face gloves by their sheer design — and are actually warmer than other knitted gloves I own, too,” Clay wrote.

 


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Agloves are selling like hotcakes (sushi?) in Japan!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sara B.

By Jennifer Spencer

飛ぶように売れ！

Agloves are available on Amazon Japan.

 

 

 

 

Agloves are available in USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, UK, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary… and now Japan.

Agloves are available on Amazon Japan.

 

 

Click here to purchase Agloves Sport and Bamboo in Japan.

Worldwide consumer demand for Agloves is consistent and growing.  Agloves responds by adding geographically to our distribution with care and enthusiasm.

Our goal is to provide a quality product and friendly support to all of our customers and clients.  Grow too fast and we miss the mark.  Grow too slowly and people have cold hands.

If you are not in an area we support at this time, write to Jennifer@agloves.com.  Let her know your country, and with enough interest, we’ll work toward distribution in your part of the world!

Warming the hands and hearts of the world, one pair of gloves at a time.

 

 

 

 

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Dry finger funk

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Sara B.

By Jennifer Spencer

AAAAAAaaaaargh! My fingers don’t work on my touchscreen! I have to touch the screen multiple times for it to even recognize my touch.

Agloves Sport gloves help solve the problem of dry winter skin.

Agloves Sport gloves help solve the problem of dry winter skin.

What’s happening here?

For capacitive touchscreens to work, the body’s natural bioelectricity must be recognized by the screen of the device. Small electric charges are transferred through the moisture and salts on the surface of the skin completing a circuit with the screen.

It takes moisture and salts to make your skin conductive.

Chances are that your fingers are very dry…. And therefore less conductive. Try licking your finger to see if it works better on your device. Moisture and salts matter.

Agloves understands this dynamic. Hands, and especially fingertips, get drier in the winter. We are in and out of heated environments. The cold air often makes for drier skin. When fingertips become too dry, our touchscreen devices won’t recognize them.

Agloves to the rescue.

Agloves are knit throughout with real silver. Using patent-pending technology, Agloves pull the bioelectricity from the entire hand, taking advantage of the more conductive parts of the skin (the palm and wrist) to deliver energy to your gloved fingertips. You get consistent performance with a light touch and top-rated accuracy and precision.

If you suffer from dry skin, lick your fingers or wear Agloves.

Two good options, but one is definitely warmer and more sanitary.

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Agloves: warm hands and warm hearts

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Sara B.

By Jennifer Spencer

The old adage is: cold hands, warm heart.

At Agloves, we believe that times have changed.

We believe that if your hands are cold, your smartphone is probably in your pocket and all communication has ceased.

Agloves keep your hands warm and stay connected.

Keep your hands warm and stay connected.

We suggest that one can have both warm hands and a warm heart. In fact, we believe that staying connected to your loved ones may be the best way to warm your heart, and theirs.

So, perhaps its time to update the old adage to:

Warm you hands and warm their hearts.

Isn’t that a nice thought?

Agloves: Winter gloves for touchscreens.

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