Windows Phone 7 Lacks Copy-and-Paste

Posted by kdawson on Sunday June 20, 2010 @08:26AM from the took-the-iphone-a-few-releases dept.

theodp writes "In a behind-the-scenes look at Windows Phone 7 (photos), CNET's Ina Fried notes that Microsoft's new software has won early praise for breaking ground in some areas, but takes a step backward in others. In particular, it doesn't support features like copy and paste and multitasking that were already part of the old Windows Mobile. 'I think users use cut-copy-paste periodically,' said Microsoft exec Terry Myerson, '(but) there's other things they use more frequently.' Hey, tradeoffs had to be made — it was either copy-and-paste or Goo Splat."

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Re:Of course it's missing copy and paste by daveime · 2010-06-20 11:42 · Score: -1, Flamebait

They're doing it precisely because Jobs does it and the Mac fanbois lap it up. Shit, they're on version 4 now, and only just getting back real multitasking that's been a feature of other phones for over 5 years.
However, where Mac fanbois will say "oooh, shiny, new", and hand over another wodge of cash, the MS fanbois will actually complain that a core functionality is missing, and this new MS offering will go the way of the dodo very quickly.