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iPhone 1.1.3 to Include Copy/Paste?

not really...

i've needed to copy/paste maybe 3 times since i've had my iphone (purchased at 200$ cut) and it wasnt a big deal... but its very nice...

this one is 3/5 for me..

:apple::apple::apple:
 
On some websites when I touch and hold near the edge of my iPhone, the screen goes dark and "Action" pops up. I don't know the current use for this, but for 1.1.3 they could make that lock the website and allow you to highlight text instead of moving the page around, then have buttons pop up for cut/copy/paste.
 
sounds good but, i find it easier to take two fingers and place them in front of the word you want to select and slide your second finger across the word which highlights the word, and the popup menu to copy/cut appears...

to paste, you press down the button which makes the focus lense come up and move it to where you desire to paste the word, then use your second finger to press on that area.. and the word automatically pastes...
 
distortedloop said:
Forget about Flash. As ubiquitous as it is on the web, it will KILL your iPhone's battery very quickly. I don't know about Windows machines, but if you're on an OS X machine, listen to your fans and check your CPU monitor when you start playing Flash videos...CPU runs up to 100% and stays there as long as Flash is running. This is a well known "bug"(?) in Flash for OS X, and the usual explanation pundits give for why no Flash on the iPhone.
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I've never noticed that. When I view Flash (pretty often) my iMac stays silent and snappy, nothing changes.
 
megfilmworks said:
I think earlier posters, who suggested that the 1.1.3 was an incomplete version to be replaced by 1.2 with quite a few surprising features, were on the right track.
As far as MMS, not sure why we need the ability to send lo-fi files with messages when we can send higher resolution attachments with email.
The only time I would need it is when a friend with an older phone (no email attachments) can only send me his lo res phone camera photo via ancient MMS.
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MMS is hardly "ancient". Well unless your definition of ancient is a service which sees billions of uses per month with near global compatibility with every phone sold in the last 3-4 years. Calling MMS ancient is like calling the internal combustion engine ancient. It is old technology, but its the standard.

That said, Is email potentially a good replacement for MMS allowing higher resolution/ longer duration images/videos? Yes, but on the condition that the majority of modern (< 2 years old) phones have easy-to-use, functional email applications. This sticking point will work itself out eventually, but probably not for a few years....
 
personally I would like this way of doing it......

You double tap but on the second tap you hold it. After about a second the iPhones "drop-up" menu appears. it has three options...."copy","paste" and "clipboard"!! You click on copy and then two magnifying glasses appear. Drag them wherever you want and whatever the text inbetween it gets highlighted blue. Double tap to finish and then just do the same action to paste or use the last 5 or so previous "copy's" in the clipboard.
 
Instead of typing explainations of how it works why not make a video. It seems, to me, like everyone is saying the same thing over and over.
 
winterspan said:
MMS is hardly "ancient". Well unless your definition of ancient is a service which sees billions of uses per month with near global compatibility with every phone sold in the last 3-4 years. Calling MMS ancient is like calling the internal combustion engine ancient. It is old technology, but its the standard.

That said, Is email potentially a good replacement for MMS allowing higher resolution/ longer duration images/videos? Yes, but on the condition that the majority of modern (< 2 years old) phones have easy-to-use, functional email applications. This sticking point will work itself out eventually, but probably not for a few years....
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I agree with megfilmworks. MMS is only popular because of the majority of low quality phones and OS that are available and users are being forced to use that method of transferring this low quality garbage intsead of having the opportunity to use email. Is MMS ancient, not really but it will become obsolete long before email does and once phones have a constistant and reliable capability to send and recieve email then MMS will be where we are saying it should go.

Another way to look at this is Apple did think "Different". They are not ignorant in the fact that MMS is quiet popular with the majority of users but what they did do is take a risk or gamble that MMS will be gone some day soon do to technology and gave the user the ability to send these files straight through email the way its suppose to, be checked by the filters for virus, keyloggers, malware and all that other garbage instead of allowing sicko's to send stuff unfiltered into the iPhone through MMS. Apple made using email very very easy, as easy as MMS....provided....that the recipient or sender has the same function...which...given time....will become the norm.
In this aspect Apple is thinking "Different" and thinking about the future and yes taking a risk...will it work? Only time will tell.

I am not knocking or degrading your opinion in any way so please do not take offense...I am only providing a different look and opinion.

Have a Super Day!
 
diamond.g said:
Instead of typing explainations of how it works why not make a video. It seems, to me, like everyone is saying the same thing over and over.
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....or another way to look at this is....Apple has already figured out how to do this and we will all know when and if it is released based on the original reason this thread came out.

Why are we trying to re-invent the wheel that has already been created???

Just an opinion
 
illitrate23 said:
people forget that implementing copy/paste on the iPhone is not as straight-forward as it seems. the basic function is easy, obviously, but how to activate it on a device that you only use your fingers to interact with? i'm sure Apple could have included the functionality at the start but being Apple they need to ensure that the method of using it is as easy and intuitive as possible. I'm glad they've taken this long as it means they've really worked to find the best possible way to do it
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This is almost a blind acceptance of a flawed device. How can Apple (who does make the best software) put out a device with missing features and then has to make an update to get it up to the standards of the rest of the tech world and get away with it, while Microsoft does the same thing with Vista and gets fried? I know that Vista is far worse than the iPhone will ever be but come on... it's copy paste. Even if it didn't work well they could have put it in the phone to begin with.

Not to mention it's still missing more features than just copy paste, which can be done three different ways on the Treo and other phones.

network23 said:
The iPhone was launched on June 15th. Solid year? I think not.
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The phone was introduced and the public knew about it's existence in January during MacWorld, Apple had til then to fix the problems with it and add any software features.

A solid year...? I think so. If it's not by your standards then I am sorry.

toomer said:
Can you please enlighten us by pointing us at Apple's "hoopla" they are apparently making over this, with a link perhaps? 'kthx...
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Not Apple's hoopla, this sites and other users hoopla. You don't need a link since you are already here. Thanks

kirk26 said:
iPhone 1.1.3 Update-Bringing 1999 technology to you today.
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Someone gets it.
 
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