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RUMOR: Apple’s iPhone 3.0 to offer multitasking and ‘Copy and Paste’

Monday, March 16, 2009 - 08:58 AM EST

Apple's iPhone 3.0 may include multitasking and "Copy and Paste" ability.

"In a live episode of Diggnation recorded at Austin's South by Southwest festival, Digg founder and show co-host Kevin Rose claimed to have "confirmation" that the feature would be a centerpiece of the new iPhone OS to be unveiled on Tuesday," Aidan Malley reports for AppleInsider.

"To select text, he said, users would double-tap on a word to bring up the iPhone's magnifying glass and then extend the "'quotes' to cover the necessary text and perform the relevant action, though it's not known whether this would be limited to copying and pasting or would include cutting text outright," Malley reports. "Rose [also] made mention of 'multitasking' before being interrupted during the segment... However, he also dampened hopes for video capture, explicitly warning that it wouldn't be part of the feature set for 3.0."

Diggnation video (Warning: some language may not be suitable for work or children):

Direct link via YouTube here.

Full article, in which Malley notes that Rose has a "mixed track record for Apple-related rumors," here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]

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Mar 16, 09 - 08:12 am Comment from: Timbo

The general chaos of the video clip kinda reminds me of Digg itself!

Mar 16, 09 - 08:12 am Comment from: iLuvMyMacs

Never trust anyone that puts stickers on their laptop... especially a DELL sticker.

punks.

Mar 16, 09 - 08:16 am Comment from: Jake

Wow, these guys look like they're the two biggest LOSERS in their high school!!
LOL!
(Yes, I know they're not really in H.S.)

Mar 16, 09 - 08:17 am Comment from: R2

Maybe it won't have video recording in terms of an update that enables it on older iPhones, but the actual 3rdGen iPhone itself not having a new camera with video recording? I find that hard to believe.

Perhaps the signals got crossed when he received this info.

Mar 16, 09 - 08:22 am Comment from: Eric24601

alex is a needler!

Mar 16, 09 - 08:22 am Comment from: Big Al

I'd call him a loser but he makes too damn much money playing a drunken fratboy to be called a loser.

Mar 16, 09 - 08:25 am Comment from: 7over

ummm.... when was the last time this guy's iPhone prognostications were right?

About a month or so prior to the release of the original iPhone, Kevin Rose claimed it would have two batteries, a slide out keyboard and a touch screen. He only got one of those right and he said nothing about "multi-touch".

I'm not sure that he's remotely believable. He's just making wild claims and hoping some of them stick.

ignore the churning of the rumor mill

Mar 16, 09 - 08:42 am Comment from: But, but...

Actually, according to World of Apple, Kevin Rose is saying there will NOT be multitasking or background applications on the new iPhone OS 3.0.

http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2009/03/15/kevin-rose-weighs-in-on-iphone-os-30/

Mar 16, 09 - 10:49 am Comment from: Roy

Who the fsck cares what Kevin Rose has to say, about anything? Really.

...explicitly warning that it wouldn't be part of the feature set for 3.0.

What are you, an Apple engineer? Seriously, why do people take this garbage seriously? It's not news people! It's some dink predicting the future. Wow.

Mar 16, 09 - 11:16 am Comment from: TheConfuzed1

I like how these guys always say the new iPhone MAY have a new feature.

Way to commit.

Mar 16, 09 - 12:30 pm Comment from: Mark

If there's no f'in copy/paste in v 3.0, I'm STILL not going to upgrade to a 3G phone.

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