You can't use the iPhone's touch screen and soft keyboard (the only means of entering data) with gloves on, as the display requires contact with your skin to work. Not much fun on a cold winter's day.

Enter DOTS Gloves.

With these gloves, available in knit ($15) or ragg wool ($20), you'll never have to bare your fingers again to use the iPhone's touch screen. That's because each glove is adorned with three metal dots - for as many fingers - that mimic the touch of bare screen against an iPhone or iPod touch's display - keeping the screen smudge free in the process.

And, since the dots in the DOTS are smooth and curved, they're supposed to pose no danger of scratches.

The gloves are available in regular and large sizes and in a variety of colors. You can choose to have dots on one or both hands. And you even get to pick the color of the dots themselves: black or white.