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Dec 26, 08 - 11:27 am Comment from: twilightmoon

wow how cool, hopefully we see these gestures soon!

I would rather the left and right gestures be used for moving the cursor back and forth or, failing that, a pair of arrow buttons on the keyboard itself. While I like the loupe most of the time, I find that in longer documents and non-Apple applications it can act really squirrelly.

Dec 26, 08 - 12:27 pm Comment from: Sixvodkas

squirrelly?

Mine acts er"rat"ically

What is with "Multi-Touch™"? I don't see the rest of the title reading Apple® or iPhone™.

Forget copy-paste, I want missed call reminder!

Dec 26, 08 - 03:20 pm Comment from: GizmoDan

We want COPY & PASTE.

We want COPY & PASTE.

We want COPY & PASTE.

Dec 27, 08 - 01:12 am Comment from: TheConfuzed1

Another vote for C&P;.

For a copy and paste, couldn't it go as follows...

1. Touch and hold with index finger to bring up magnifier.
2. Slide around to find the beginning of the text that you wish to copy.
3. While still holding with the index finger, tap anywhere else on the screen with another finger to begin selecting.
4. Drag with index finger to make selection (with magnifier still shown).
5. Copy. Pasting could work the same way...hold with index finger to bring up magnifier, scroll to paste location, and double tap (while still holding index finger) with another finger to paste there.

My two bits.

MDN Word: probably...as in Apple will probably include copy and paste someday.

Dec 29, 08 - 08:57 am Comment from: jtc

@Regular Reader
To me I think it should be just like a computer with the copy paste feature. You press and hold to move the cursor to where you want it then release. Then press and swipe in whatever direction you want to select the text. As far as copy, maybe a simple double tap of the highlighted area which can bring up a quick popup saying copy, paste, cancel. To me that would be the easiest form instead of trying to add a specific technique different than that of a computer. The "slow" people would pick up on it quicker.

But thats just my opinion and for christ sake... is it so hard to add MMS? Atleast start with me being able to just view the image instead of going back and forth with text screen and safari. And sometimes the page doesn't even want to load so I have to get to a computer to view the image. Sucks cause then I cant save it directly to my phone to email it to someone. I'd have to save to computer, bring in iphoto, then sync to phone then im good. And at that point might as well just open a browser and send through email there and not bother with the phone.