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Windows Phone 7 Lacks Copy-and-Paste

Posted by kdawson on 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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  1. Re:What is it then? by nwoolls · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The Kin is not Windows Phone 7.

    Just because they use a similar core and have a plan to unite the platforms does NOT mean the Kin phones available today are Windows Phone 7.

    My original statement was the Kin's are not Windows Phone 7. You are not going to find a quote that contradicts that. Sure that they are "based on the same core" or that they "have plans" to do X.

    Again, Windows Phone 7 is still in development. To claim that the Kin phones, available today, are Windows Phone 7 is just silly...

  2. Obligatory by jasonwea · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No copy and paste. Fewer apps than an iPhone. Lame.

  3. Windows Mobile 7 sucks by ZosX · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No cut and paste. No multitasking like Android. Lame.

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  4. Re:Pirates! by value_added · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And you wonder why you don't have a girlfriend when you call her a "named buffer".

    Fucking hell. I made the original joke, it's far wittier than your follow-up retort, but you get modded up? ;-)

    Ok, I'll come in again.

    • The yanking she had no problem with (she knew I was a regular Vi-agra user). It was what came after that "put" her off.
    • When we first met, though, it was love at first sight. Both of us were more interested in an ESC than CTRL-ing each other.
    • She said I didn't know how to use her middle mouse button. I told her to leave my cursor alone.
    • I saved my best lines for her, but she exited before saving.
    • Next time, I'll be sure to get a virtual girlfriend, instead. First sign of a memory problem, I'll swap her ass to disk.