Women point their sharp fingers to iPhone as sexist

When it comes to iPhone, everything about it are always seem like over exposed and out of the proportions. Like this one new type of complaint that comes from women with long finger nails, they feel that the universal mobile phone from Apple is treating them like second-class citizens.

Erica Watson-Currie, a 39 years old of consultant and lecture who live in Newport Beach, California, said: "Considering ergonomics and user studies indicating men and women use their fingers and nails differently, why does Apple persist in this misogyny?" Her fingernails are typically between one-eighth and one-quarter of an inch long.

Another comment came from Heidi Roizen, a prominent Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur who likes pretty fingernails, says she gets around the fingernail problem by using her thumbs on the screen. "My thumbnail does not hit it," she said.

Or like what our gorgeous Sub-Editor; Hannah Bloor, who used her black colored finger nails to push her Treo’s screen when she showed us The Astraware GTS World Racing Edition game in PATV167. ;-D

iPhone is a keyboard-less mobile phone, and using its big widescreen is the only way for the owners to interact with iPhone’s features and apps. Some may have short finger nails, but some also have big fingers that prevent them to push the right on-screen buttons or the virtual keyboard keys.

If you’re willing to bear the pain, an operation to make your thumbs to become smaller is the boldest sacrifice for using the “coolest” mobile phone in the future with ease. But not everyone is willing to make such sacrifice, so instead maybe you want to consider using these iTumbs or iPressOn nails accessories.

Even using such accessories have their own disadvantages, one that often happened is when you’re in a hurry and you don’t have the time to use them. In the end, you’ll still using your fingers to navigate the menus displayed on iPhone’s screen anyway.

Then perhaps it is time for everyone, including the macho-male with big thumbs and short finger nails, to start growing longer nails and take care of them so no scratches can harm your precious smooth iPhone screen. Just don’t overdo it, like in the picture there. ~LOL~

Sources are from:

• Women put a finger on an iPhone problem (Delaware Online), via Switched
• Long fingernails and iPhone typing don't mix (Macworld)
• iPhone Accessory: iPressOn nails (an EndlessArray)
• iPhone accessory for touch-screen accuracy: Introducing iThumb (repeat penguin)

[blogged with my Treo 750v]