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Tank bags and touch screens.

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bombshelter13

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I'm curious if anyone has discovered a tank bag whose map pocket works with devices using capacitive touch screens? Seems like an iPad could make for a handy GPS unit if the touchscreen was able to work properly through the material of the map pocket.

If no one makes a tank bag with this sort of material on the map pocket, maybe it would be possible to do this yourself by buying a piece of some appropriate material and replacing the map pocket cover? What sort of material would you need?
 
Most touchscreens looks for some sort of heat signature if I understand correctly. I have been successful at using my old Bold 9700's trackpad through a ziplock (i was on a boat, didn't want it to get wet) but I would think anything thicker will simply not work as intended.
Although the trackpad on the 9700/9780 may be different than actual touchscreens such as iphones and most androids, and if that's the case then my comment is not really helpful lol.
 
A friend of mine uses a icon urban tank bag with his iphone... Doesent work well when wearing gloves
 
there's 2 main types of touchscreens used in consumer devices. most newer smartphones (and tablets with glass over the screens) are capacitive. Older phones and some car stereo headunits are resistive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies

that being said, you may be able to use a capacitive touchscreen thru a very thin layer of plastic (just like a screen protector)
 
Yep.. thin enough plastic and a capacitive touchscreen would still work. I know it doesn't on my cortech bag.

The blackberry trackpad is a different thing entirely. It works more like a computer mouse except your finger is the table.
 
My iphone works fine through a cheapo tankbag, screen protector, and gloves, as long as the contact patch of the glove is leather.
 
Even if your gloves aren't leather, get some conductive thread and sew a couple stitches in whatever finger you use. Did that with a pair of icon perf leather gloves and it works way better than gloves alone.
 
kamikaze said:
Even if your gloves aren't leather, get some conductive thread and sew a couple stitches in whatever finger you use. Did that with a pair of icon perf leather gloves and it works way better than gloves alone.
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I'd love to see how you did this sometime. That's a fekkin brilliant idea. My girlfriend has the Icon tank bag and this would be great when she gets her next cell phone.
 
Wouldn't heat be an issue? I have a JR tank bag and on a hot sunny day my MP3 player tanked due to the heat of it sitting in the sun under the plastic map pocket.
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