Copy / Paste Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You, Sort of
Keeping with the iPhone app theme, you’ve been living on Mars if you haven’t already read about 50,000 blog posts complaining about the lack of copy / paste functionality on the iPhone. Apple’s “iPhone as a business device” commercial has started running regularly now on a variety of networks but the lack of some very basic functionality is going to make for a load of unhappy business users. “You mean I can’t copy text from one email and paste it into another?!?” iPhone app development house Proximi is doing its part however, as it demos what should have been available on the iPhone from day one. MagicPad isn’t magic, it’s common sense. Currently awaiting Apple’s approval for App Store distribution, MagicPad is a note-taking app that includes a handful of basic ‘word processor’ functionality such as the ability to change font size / color and yes, copy / paste functionality. Of course copying and pasting text is limited in this application as you can only copy text within MagicPad and paste it within MagicPad. Hardly a solution or even a band aid for the problem really. In any event, check out the video above and see what it looks like when the iPhone performs a necessary yet missing function that has been around, well, forever.
took dude 10 sec to type JIM
real BB killer that iphone!
LMFO !
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Oh my gawd!!! Copy/paste!!! In only a notepad…puh-lease
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pfffft. If you can’t do it in an e-mail who cares. Am going to play with MagicPad all day? No thanks.
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Odd, I guess if you need to copy/paste parts of one note into other notes, you all set!!!
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If the copy/paste isn’t system wide, what’s the point?
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I have a feeling if copy/paste does come it will just be for text editing, not from e-mails/webpages/text/etc. Just watch…
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I guess that’s why BGR said “SORT OF”. If you can’t copy and paste from one email to another or copy from a website, it’s pretty useless.
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Without a clipboard that can run in the background, how can you copy/paste between apps?
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This definitely sucks. I agree, if it’s not system wide then this program is moot.
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Hopefully it functions with all apps. Anyone know if you can forward sms messages on Iphone?
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since this is coming to the official app store, apple won’t allow them to have it run system wide in the background, but rest assured, one will come out for Installer 4.
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LOL@Apple for having people wait for cut/past functionality.
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smh da iphone doesn’t have VIDEOrecord, MMS not evn CUT COPY PASTE
I CANT BELIEVE IN DESIGNIN IT THAT THESE THINGS DONT COME EVN A SIDEKICK HAS DAT
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LOLZ! That guy said “pathing” at around 1:50 hahaha. I love lisps!!!
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What is with the Captcha? Is it necessary to do for every email? Ponderous.
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