Comments on: Why Apple iPhone Copy and Paste is mostly unnecessary

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:16:12 +0000

You make several broad assumptions that don’t hold up well in real world use. I often find text that my iPhone knows (or erroneously) believes is a phone number or a date that which I wish to copy into another application. A typical example of this is my refusal to pay AT&T’s exorbitant text messaging rates.

But since the data detector is apparently more qualified than I am to know what I want to do with the phone number, I have to use my built own copy-paste function: remember the number and re-thumbing it in. A tedious task that computers are supposed to handle for us.

By: iFone

iFone — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:19:42 +0000

I am an iphone user and would welcome the COPY/PASTE command for caladers.
Apple maybe digging it’s own grave as new models of smartphones hi tthe market with similar interfaces which and hence remove any edge the iphone currently has.

By: lepton

lepton — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:36:55 +0000

Well perhaps Apple didn’t agree with what I wrote 18 months ago, since they did indeed put copy and paste into the iPhone back in version 3.0. Still, what they did isn’t enough to “Copy appointment”. You have to copy one field at a time. They _could_ put that command in there, now that the OS has the proper internal support, but didn’t. And as an iPhone developer, I can’t add it either, since I can’t get hold of the Calendar database inside the phone – it’s private.

By: King Prawn

King Prawn — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:20:24 +0000

Lepton misses the point and need patronise me by telling to “think about it”. I have an appointment to meet someone that happens Wed one week thurs the next and some Sundays – all without a pattern. Apple thinks it is OK to have to type all these details in every time just because they can’t figure a way to say “Copy appointment” and “Paste appointment”. I have done it for 4 years with Windows Mobile why the big deal for Apple to copy and paste the technique from Windows? A bit precious I suspect.

By: Steve-s

Steve-s — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:51:17 +0000

I bought the ipod touch on Sunday. I returned it on Tuesday. The only reason is that it could not cut and paste. I loved every other feature. My reason: I use the calendar program all day to set and re-set appointments. I live and die by my calendar. And if my 11:00 appointment wants to reschedule for some time next week, I’ll be damned if I am going to re-type the entire entry (name and contact info) instead of just highlighting and pasting into their new time slot. It’s sad that my very old Palm Pilot can do a better job than the ipod touch. I am still very disappointed.

By: steve-o

steve-o — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:33:17 +0000

This is exactly what terrifies me most.. People actually get brainwashed by Apple – I suppose keyboard lag, no Netlfix licensing, apps not being allowed through the store is all for our benefit.

You’re an embarrassment.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:54:20 +0000

You missed one VERY important point in your article. If the iPhone doesn’t implement a system of cut copy paste, then the iPhone can NEVER have true word processing, or even a reliable form of document editing, which will severely cripple the iPhone for the enterprise market (which is what Apple is trying to sell the iPhone as – an enterprise device).

By: hihi

hihi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:34:47 +0000

very inspirational! great blog

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How Apple should add Copy and Paste to the iPhone » Lepton’s Blog — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:54 +0000

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