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Windows Phone 7 to lack copy and paste
updated 06:45 pm EDT, Tue March 16, 2010
Feature to be missing from initial handsets
Microsoft at its MIX10 event admitted the Windows Phone 7 platform will lack support for clipboard operations, according to Engadget. The comments may be a surprise to many, as copy and paste functionality has been available on previous generations of Windows Mobile software.
The iPhone had been criticized for lacking copy and paste, as clipboard features were only added last year with the v3.0 firmware update. Many users had been frustrated with the inability to simply transfer text between applications.
Despite the lack of copy/paste in the first Windows Phone 7 release, Microsoft is already said to be considering several enhancements to the software.
my guess is
03/16, 07:01pm reply
we'll hear hardly a peep from the apologists. they'll either try to keep it mum or push the "it's not that big a deal" view.
nat
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Right.
03/16, 07:51pm reply
Because that's what the many an iphone apologists said about copy-paste on the iphone, too.
- ASIMO, iphone 3G user
ASIMO
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Joined: May 2002
I'm just waiting for the firestorm....
03/16, 08:00pm reply
...of outraged Windows users over this glaring oversight.... huh? Silence?
Obviously, it took Apple 2 years to deliver copy and paste -- therefore, it will take Microsoft the same amount of time to do the same.... except that their implementation will be a joke.
Either that, or copy'n'paste is no big deal on a platform that very few people will use.
ZinkDifferent
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lol
03/16, 08:26pm reply
MS sure takes their copying seriously, flaws and all no less...
Kees
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Come on Microsoft
03/16, 11:06pm reply
You're taking the "Get your copy machines ready" mantra a little bit too seriously.
Are they leaving out MMS too?
cmoney
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Joined: Sep 2000
They are EXACTLY duplicating the iPhone
03/16, 11:41pm reply
So, end-users can expect to have copy/paste functionality added to the third release of Windows Phone...I guess version 9?
At least everybody will have 3 years notice of exactly what features MS will add to Window Phone...
nowwhatareyoulookingat
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I give
03/17, 01:27am (1 reply) reply
I give Microsoft an A+ and copying Apple perfectly. hahaha
Actually its really hard to implement copy and paste on a full touch screen UI. MS is actually trying to copy it from Apple without making it too obvious and getting sued.
slapppy
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I've used it...
03/17, 11:09am reply
...and, on Windows Mobile 6, it sucked and wasn't worth the effort.
barryjaylevine
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It's a toy!
03/17, 11:36am reply
So any Windows Phone 7 is thus not a serious business phone and is only just a toy. That's what I heard from complainers when the original iPhone didn't have it...3 years ago!
Seriously, how are you going to effectively use those promoted Office apps on the phone w/out cut & paste?!!
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pairof9s
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I was extremely disappointed
03/17, 12:14pm reply
when I heard the iPhone didn't have it (moons ago), and I'm baffled that Microsoft has made the same stupid decision to release without it.
I only acquired an iPhone after they added the functionality. It was that important. It's a case of releasing an unfinished product, for both companies.
Flying Meat
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