I mean, come on... How complicated? Might as well write it on a piece of paper, stick it in an envelope and mail it...

And anyway, lots of people use the clipboard for sensitive data like complex system-generated passwords, etc... Do you really want all your clipboard data being bounced off an unknown third party who can store it, parse it for email addresses, insert content (pay us five bucks for premium service or we'll insert 'relevant' ads), etc, etc?

All this just to move data between applications ? A function that has been there in all mainstream OS's since Win 3.1 ?

C'mon crApple, people obviously want this so do the decent thing.

There are plenty of instances where copy & paste would come in handy but moving content from Safari to mail isn't one of them, either click the [+] button and select "Mail Link to this page" or zoom in on the text you want, screengrab (tap home & hold buttons simultaneously), and mail the snapshot that now resides in your camera roll.

Still I suppose publicising embarrassing bodges like this might coerce Apple to kick C&P up the priority list a little.

*ignores the 'C&P has been around ^since^ Win 3.1' troll above.

would be nice on the N95

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8SgCrvEShSE

So you know a phone that runs Win3.1?

Anonymous Coward asks "Is this an example of the simplicity Mactards like to preach about their favourite OS and Phone?"

The answer is no. This is the sort of thing the unholy union of Web 2.0-tards and Unixtards (Unitards?) come up with. If it's even remotely possible, it must be cool! Sort of like expecting end users to compile your source code.

Sorry, I'll wait for Steve.

The newton had an awesome clipboard

that is all...

Let's get one thing straight. The iPhone has nothing to do with Macs. If anything, the iPhone and iPod Touch are the two products that have gotten me so riled with Apple that I'm refusing to purchase any more products from them. I'll settle for substandard, poorly designed hardware rather than deal with those assholes anymore.

This cut-and-paste business is just one example. The idea of an App store where they arbitrarily decide what apps I'm allowed is another. Sure, vet apps for malware, but let the customers decide if they want it. Their utter refusal to allow me to use the device for what I want to use it for is yet another. They took great hardware then someone's megalomania got in the way. I wonder how many other former Apple fans they've driven off by the single minded idiocy? So many ideas and concepts that made Macs great are utterly broken in the iPhone/iPodTouch model they've chosen.

Fuck Apple. Fuck them right between the eyes with a rusty chainsaw.

Is copy and paste from Mail to Safari, or copy and paste within Safari. Nothing gets on my nerves more than "Enter this 20 digit code to complete your registration" popping up when I'm casually browsing from my iPod touch, because I know I'm either going to have to write something, or get some other device out to finish registering.

Nice to see the 'tard baiters are out and about frothing at the mouth and generally spouting more gibberish than usual. Where is webster?

Very good - I have a mental picture of a bloodied solidier asking his general for the next strategic move and his general waving his hand in the direction of certain death without looking up from tap-tapping his burnished walnut clad copy of solitaire...

That seems quite complex for a something i have no requirement for!