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Software update soon to bring Copy-and-Paste to Apple iPhone?

Thursday, November 13, 2008 · 5:13 pm · 23 Comments

“Apple is set to release version 2.2 of the iPhone operating system on Nov. 21, according to a Greek language post in enthusiast blog iPhone Hellas,” Kevin McLaughlin reports for ChannelWeb.

“In addition to a redesigned MobileSafari interface, the iPhone 2.2 update will reportedly add Google Street View, transit route information, walking directions and over-the-air podcast downloads, according to Gizmodo, which described iPhone Hellas as ‘consistently reliable,’” McLaughlin reports.

“Gizmodo noted that because the 2.2 feature list hasn’t changed from previous beta versions, it’s possible that Apple could decide to sneak copy/paste into the 2.2 update, a development that could lead to a collective outcry of joy from iPhone users who’ve long been clamoring for this basic functionality,” McLaughlin reports.

“Chris Carlton, a systems engineer with Mac Business Solutions, doesn’t think the lack of copy/paste is a big deal for some iPhone users, given the broad range of other iPhone features. But for users who treat the iPhone as a laptop replacement, the lack of copy/paste is ‘glaringly obvious,’ he said,” McLaughlin reports.

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23 Comments

yup.

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:21 pm · Reply

bring on the “copy and paste” complaints. and apple is horrible company cause they didn’t put firewire on the iphone. a**holes!!haha
Jeremy

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:22 pm · Reply

This is really dumb and purposely misleading. MDN’s title implies that “copy and paste” might be in the 2.2 update and references an article that says (essentially):

“Gizmodo says that it isn’t in there.” The guy who wrote the article is severely misinterpreting Gizmodos (admittedly confusing, poorly written, and as usual, “trashy”) remarks, and MDN is compounding that by using it’s own tantalising headlines.

The odds on anything being added to the 2.2 update that were not in the beta tests is very very very low indeed. If Apple *did* include something that they were keeping “secret” until the release it’s much more likely to be the already overdue background notification service which has the advantage of being a separate component.

“Copy & Paste” is a system wide feature that affects a whole lot of GUI and many other programs. No way in hell it will be magically added in without testing and without an announcement.

With any luck, Apple will finally get the tablet out the door next year and copy and paste will *never* need to be added to the iPhone.
booya

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:23 pm · Reply

snappy?
Willie G

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:28 pm · Reply

So, no news at all then? Just another round of speculative ‘journalism’ with no new facts at all.

Seriously MDN, just because the word ‘Apple’ appears in the story, it does not mean that it is worth discussion.

As soon as a developer build comes out with copy/paste functionality, it will leak to the public… Apple is not going to just slide an untested feature in the last minute before releasing a firmware update… especially not with the issues they had with the initial 2.0 firmware.

So, when that developer rev is leaked, then and only then is it worth discussing.
man

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:32 pm · Reply

Please !!!f
Dirty Pierre le Punk

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:34 pm · Reply

So Willie G, it’s not worthy of discussion…….. but you still read it……. and then offered us your thoughts on the article. Bizarre.
Mac_Atty

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:44 pm · Reply

The Headline is misleading… copy & paste would be nice, but where’s SMS Forwarding? And where da F**K is MMS!
Military Police

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 6:52 pm · Reply

Yeah, why not say “Software update soon to bring Adobe Flash to Apple iPhone?” … because, you know, they could surprise us and add it.
MacMarc

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:14 pm · Reply

Apple has no reason to hide copy-and-paste. What reason could it have?

It’s not going to be in this update.
Toasty

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:33 pm · Reply

Whatever happened to Push Notification for IM and stuff?
macpeb

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:40 pm · Reply

When its on my phone its 4 real until then its a ?

windows mobile 6.1? more chance (shudder)
Masonhg

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 7:50 pm · Reply

It’s not that it’s difficult to include Copy/Paste. The phone is running a genuine OSX. Of course it’s capable of a copy/paste function. The dilemma is the construction a multitouch that can drag-highlight-copy-paste. Multi-touch isn’t like sign language. It has it’s limits. This multi-touch combo (one that doesn’t trip over another function) is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack
longtime_pda_and_smartphone_user

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 8:42 pm · Reply

Copy and Paste would be a nice addition to the iPhone. But a enhancement that I would like to see them introduce even more is a To Do List feature that synchronizes with Apple’s iCal, Mail, and MobileMe.
freefromdesign

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 9:46 pm · Reply

MMS, I just want MMS
rickw

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 9:55 pm · Reply

I have been talking to a few programmers recently and the whole concept, as i understand it, is that the OSX version on the iPhone uses a type of “shell” environment where every application works within its own environment without “contaminating” any other software.

How does this rule stay in place if we have copy and paste? Won’t there be a cache holding area that will transport data from one program to another? And won’t this violate what the iphone/itouch OSX version tries to keep sacred?

Any programmers or others in the know care to share this?

Thanks
Pitas

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:00 pm · Reply

Apple users don’t need copy and paste, they are creative!

Maybe microsoft users need it, plus all the copier machines they can find.
Skabeetle

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:15 pm · Reply

MMS IS A NO BRAINER APPLE!!! COME ON!
eMax

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:57 pm · Reply

How about dial directly from calender??? thats a NO BRAINER. especially when it happens in emails and websites and TEXT MESSAGES AND EVERY OTHER PART OF THE PHONE.
jds4300

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:53 pm · Reply

Copy and paste? Big friggin deal! How about MMS, video recording, a NATIVE documents viewer and editor, and a NATIVE DECENT Notes app! Copy and paste? BFD!!!!!!!!!
jds4300

Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:56 pm · Reply

P.S. How about some NATIVE ring tones that are actually usable and not CRAP! The default set of ring tones are PATHETIC and LAUGHABLE!
SAB

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 1:24 am · Reply

My wish list:

- ToDos
- copy/paste
- MMS
- iWork Mobile

With the changes in Mail (Notes & ToDos) and the lack of ToDo or Note sync on the iPhone, I’m beginning to suspect that Apple is rewriting Mail to be more like Outlook (ie. to be an integrated PIM). Why else the random distribution of functionality? I wonder if they’ll call it iConnect, or something like that. I don’t know why they would do that, since it would be a paradigm shift away from the current multiple single apps. If they add IM to it, then it would be iThunderbird 3! Just my $0.02.

I actually wouldn’t mind a unified Mail/Calendar/Address Book as long as they are able to keep it lean and fast. It would really suck for them to make an Entourage clone. Entourage sucks!
GregoriusM

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 1:25 am · Reply

Look for a goodly portion of all of your requests in the next version of iPhone in June. I doubt you’ll get any of them before then.

Apple is not going to add the IM push until it gets MobileMe right which is still an ongoing thing.

Apple is not going to add MMS, C&P;, or Video, or anything else until it is completely satisfied that the whole App thing is running smoothly without Apps crashing the phone. It was better with the last release, but still not perfect.

I believe these things will come, but I also believe Apple has realized it bit off more than it can chew and is going to shore up what it already has in the iPhone, touch, Apps, MobileMe, other bugs, etc. in iPhone OS before it adds one more feature that is one the list but not right at the top.

Downloading Podcasts is one requested feature. We’ll probably get ONE requested feature per update, which will take quite a while. So, wait until June of 2009 to get anywhere close to what you all want, and even then the phone won’t have everything.
HueyLong

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 10:31 am · Reply

@ jds4300:

You’re angry and twisted because of a friggin’ ringtone? That’s it?

Jesus, get a life, open your eyes and look around, there are way more important things to angry and bent out of shape about.

Chill the f•ck out