Apple finally explained why there is no iPhone copy and paste in an interview with ExtremeTech. Apple product head, Greg Joswiak says that the feature just wasn’t on the list of priorities for the iPhone. Apparently, he and his crew “judged other things to be more important.”
To the lucky million with an iPhone 3G wondering, “What is up with the GPS?” David Pogue wrote last week, that the iPhone’s antenna is “much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle.”
Joswiak says that is incorrect. The iPhone is capable of turn-by-turn directions. Apple just needs to work on some technical issues and we should expect to be amazed by what developers release as the iPhone evolves.
As far as an iPhone office suite is concerned, Dataviz told ExtremeTech that “unspecified technical issues” were holding back development. Joswiak said that he wasn’t aware of any complications, but if there were any, it would have to do with the lack of a cross-application file structure on the iPhone. The iPhone gives each application its own file space at the moment.
Not sure how useful an office suite would be without a copy and paste feature, though.
Lisa Weddle
July 15, 2008 at 8:53pm
Sounds like Joswiak is a little touchy about being told that his antenna is "much too small". heh heh.
StoneCRM114
July 15, 2008 at 2:26pm
I'm not sure I understand what you're talking about, Art. If you go to the top menu bar and go to the Edit menu, you'll be able to use your mouse to "Cut" what you've selected and then paste it where you want. Copy, Paste, and Cut are all under the Edit menu in every program I've ever used on a Mac.
The words 'too @*#!-ing busy' shouldn't be in a waitress' vocabulary. - Mr. Pink
guyb
July 15, 2008 at 1:02pm
What's an office suit? (As far as an iPhone office suit is concerned...) The biggest reason I'd like copy/paste capabilities is so that Smile On My Mac could come up with a Textexpander iPhone edition. (No, I don't work for them, but I do use Textexpander constantly on my MacBook Pro.)
Art743
July 15, 2008 at 12:48pm
As a converted Windows user, I have often asked how to do cut and paste without the keyboard in Tiger or Leopard, and no one has ever described a method. So I copy and paste, then delete. Such a shame that is not in the contextual menu. Or am I missing something. Believe me, this is something I would love to be wrong about.
Loving my new iPhone. I just can't believe how easy it is to master.
