You don’t need this functionality anyway
Redmond hath so decreed, so live with it:
Windows Phone 7 Series will not have copy and paste functionality. There is a data-detection service built into the text-handling API that will recognize phone numbers and addresses, but Microsoft says most users, including Office users, don’t really need clipboard functionality.
Meanwhile, iPhone OS 3.0 will have it:
A double-tap auto-selects the text you want with movable “grab points,” and a pop-up edit bar display buttons for cut, copy, and paste. Finally! It works in every major app, including SMS and Safari, and what’s more, there’s also “shake to undo,” which is exactly what it sounds like: a quick shake brings up a box that allows you to undo and redo c/p actions.
[Insert obvious conclusion here]
Gabrielle Dolly »
17 March 2010 · 8:07 am
In the category of “Yes, there IS such a thing as a stupid question, when engineers and programmers ask, ‘Why would you want to do THAT?’”
GFD
mysterian1729 »
17 March 2010 · 5:24 pm
> iPhone OS 3.0 will have it
has it… 3.0 has been out for more than 9 months (or so)
CGHill »
17 March 2010 · 5:32 pm
Shows you how far behind I am on all things Apple.
CT »
18 March 2010 · 11:15 am
Apparently, the latest-latest now is that WP7S will have copy-and-paste eventually, just not at launch. Still mindboggling that they’d claim it’s an “unnecessary” feature. And since when was this basic function rocket science, that they need extra time to figure it out? It’s been a given in computing environments for, what, a couple of decades now?
And you’re okay with saying iPhone OS “will” have it. It has it now, and “will” continue to have it (let’s hope). :)
CGHill »
18 March 2010 · 12:24 pm
Well, to explain that latter point: I went looking for something about iPhone OS, hit an Engadget page, and noted with glee: “Hey, it’s dated in March!” Current, I thought. I evidently missed the year, which was 2009.