Copy and Paste Available on the iPhone?
Gizmodo says it’s coming.
If there was one attribute which many Apple iPhone users would like in their iPhone it’s the copy-and-paste function with which they are familiar on their computers.
For example, would it not be handy to be able copy a segment from one email and paste into another on your iPhone?
Currently, you can’t do it without fudging.
According to Gizmodo, Apple’s multi-touch sensors of the future will allow users to select “Copy” and “Paste” between applications such as from email to the “Notes” application on the iPhone.
If you’re looking for the complete details on how it will all work, Apple’s registration of a patent application is available on the USPTO website.
Even beyond, copy and paste, Apple is looking to use “force sensors” to deliver or acquire secondary data such as when you hit the screen, say, harder than usual.
An example could be the manipulation of a photo on the iPhone’s camera of the future such that when you tap harder on the screen, it increases the contrast more quickly than a soft tap.
September 4, 2008 – 1:02 pm