Magic Pad introduces cut and paste (sort of) for the iPhone – available now

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Magic Pad introduces cut and paste (sort of) for the iPhone – available now

Posted on 03 August 2008 by Wayne Schulz

The first implementation of copy/cut/paste is now available in the Apps Store in the form of MagicPad. This $3.99 program introduces some (awkward) tap and hold maneuvering that allows your iPhone to cut/copy and subsequently paste text. There are a couple things to beware of. First, you can only transfer text within MagicPad itself. Secondly, while the program allows for emailing your text – you must use MagicPad’s email client which contains an annoying CAPTCHA sequence. By the time I finish toying with entering in a CAPTCHA to my iPhone I’ll be looking for a regular desktop to complete my emailing. I guess this is an OK application if you want to create some fancy formatted text (6 fonts are supported) with colors (8 colors supported) and underlines and strikethrough. Because you have to do all your cutting and pasting within MagicPad, this application for me serves as an interesting advance peek at how (awkward) copy/cut and paste may eventually be in subsequent releases of the iPhone OS.

MagicPad – $3.99 via App Store

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Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

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http://technabob.com technabob
So does anyone have any clue why Apple is so reticent to add cut-and-paste to the iPhone itself? I feel like there’s some hidden agenda that’s making them avoid it.
http://www.magnusson.ca/blog.html Chris Magnusson
As I stated on your flickr page: “Apple could make the space bar a button’s width (or less) smaller and put that button beside it.”