What happened to copy and paste?

[Rhino Chaser]

You know with all of the hype about 3g, gps, 2.0, the app store, The Backstreeet Boys comeback album…

I forgot about copy and paste, one of the features I wanted more than anything.

I though we were going to get that 4 updates ago.

Whaa happennn….?

[Wondermonkey]

I had heard that the swipe gestures they were going to use for Copy & Paste were interfering with some applications. I know that devs had it in one of their updates, and then it was gone with the next update. I'd like it too, especially for webpages.

[Serren]

I read from the head developer that is on the master "to do" list. They just didnt have time to add it with 2.0. He did mention it will happen at some point.

I am more pissed about the lack of MMS. Come on, Ive been sending photos (and vids) to people for five years. This is a must have for me.

[Rhino Chaser]

Originally Posted by Serren

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I am more pissed about the lack of MMS. Come on, Ive been sending photos (and vids) to people for five years. This is a must have for me.

Spammer...

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Serren

I am more pissed about the lack of MMS. Come on, Ive been sending photos (and vids) to people for five years. This is a must have for me.

But can't you just send them that through mail? I've never received or sent an MMS, what am I missing?

[KEEZY]

You can, but not everyone has email on their phone. That's what's so great about MMS, it's as easy as a text. When you get an MMS on the iPhone, it just gives you a link, a temporary message ID and password, and you have to go online to look at the image. Kind of a pain in the ass.

I am also anxiously awaiting copy/paste. I do a lot of ish in Notepad, and copy/paste would save a lot of time.

[Serren]

Originally Posted by Wondermonkey

But can't you just send them that through mail? I've never received or sent an MMS, what am I missing?

Its takes just a second to send a photo that anyone can see directly on their phone.

A few funny examples. I was at target and there was this little boy rocking this giant mullet! SNAP! A few seconds later, all my buddies are rolling around laughing. Another time, when I drove my SUV, there was this giant (fat) guy in this tiny little car. He had his seat leaned way back to make room for his gut, and still it barely fit. The best part was that he had some fast food RESTING on his belly, while driving. SNAP! A funny ass moment captured and shared.

I use it alot to share pics and vids of my daughter with my family. We weer at a petting zoo a few weekends ago, and I was sharing the photos with my parents who live in Utah while we were there. They LOVED it.

Having to email them would be a pain. MMS is just fast and easy. And not a feature that I can live without...

Has anyone seen the new HTC Touch Pro? Man, this phone looks crazy nice. Check it out: HTC Touch Pro

[The Milk Man 09]

Me and my buddies usually send pictures like that to each other, and its an easy way to great family you dont see on the holidays.

[Wondermonkey]

I see, so instead of seeing this, there would be an option for Text Photo as well?



Cool, but I'd never use it. At least with emailing it, there's a visable thread of people talking back and forth. I can see with people not having mail on their phones though where it wouldn't be an option, but come on, get a goddamn phone that has a full functioning mail client!

No I totally get it though. I have received a MMS message from AT&T though now that you mention it, and it was annoying as crap. I remember saying "Get a goddamn phone that has email and email the picture, this isn't 1999." It was my brother too, who actually just bought an iPhone.

[dmiller68]

Actually MMS and SMS is used far more then email in the world. It is just us backward Americans that insist on a email address when everyone that has a phone has a phone number. It comes back to the fact we have computers where the rest of the world their phone is their primary communication tool. Whole businesses are run on phones in India.

It just goes to show you how arrogant Apple is that they don't include a core cell phone function...

[The Milk Man 09]

I believe that I can use email with my phone but its just much easier to send the picture directly, that is why I have never bothered with that feature.

[Wondermonkey]

Hmm, this is interesting. This is an article that is prior to the 3G launch, but it talked about AT&T bringing the seldom used feature to the 3G phone, I guess so you can all send MMS messages to your poor friends in India who can't afford computers.

Now, it seems, Apple and AT&T are getting ready to make sure that the iPhone 3G will have the ability to send those seldom-used MMS messages to other MMS-capable handsets on AT&T's network. An internal AT&T memo list MMS support as a feature of the iPhone 3G.

Here's the whole, clearly misled, article. Maybe that means it will be in 2.1 or close.

SMS is enough for me, if I'm going to send a picture, I'm going to do it through email where I know the resolution will be the same when it's received. Poor tiny ass flip phones can't eff with my pictures yo.

[The Milk Man 09]

I can see why some people would prefer email, or sms but in the end like wonder pretty much said even if a person has both they are only going to use one a majority of the time.

[Rhino Chaser]

WTF happened to the DOS BBS, floppy drive, and the dot matrix printer port?

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Rhino Chaser

WTF happened to the DOS BBS, floppy drive, and the dot matrix printer port?

I heard Oregon Trail is coming to the App Store. That should make all of you very happy!