super monkey ball and the other 3D games are, this does seem to be a glaring omission. With this basically running Mac OS X... wouldn't they practically have to take it out on purpose? It has the ram, the interface could easily support it. Why would they NOT do it? Can anyone think of a reason NOT to implement this? I have to think it is done on purpose.

COPY PASTE SPOTLIGHT
COPY PASTE SPOTLIGHT
COPY PASTE SPOTLIGHT
COPY PASTE SPOTLIGHT

:):):):)!

Here is my List...

* Copy and Paste
* Editing of Documents (Word, Pages, PDF etc.)
* Memo-Notes 2 Way Syncing
* Spotlight Search
* Adobe Flash Support
* Removable Battery
* Card Slot for External Storage
* Wireless Bluetooth (in Ear Headphones, with Noice Cancellation!)
* Video Recording (natively)
* Audio Recording (natively)
* Flash on the Photo Camera
* Skype or some Voice over IP
* Solar Charging
* SMS and Phone Call Log Syncing (natively)
* Voice and Internet at the same time while on 3G, not just on WiFi

Edit and Search are BASIC! I hope we don't need to wait till next July for it!!!!!

PUSH not being PUSH - A LIE?!

You COULD say that some OMMISIONS - PARTIAL DISCLOSURES could be seen as LIES! But, if you read that stuff SLOWLY, there is room for MORE CLARITY, so I'll wait before I 2nd your VERDICT on LYING!

There were 1 million iPhones sold this weekend worldwide. A year ago it took 74 days to reach that milestone. See


Maybe Apple is choking on it's success?:)!

COPY AND PASTE retort is more upsetting to me, plus no Spotlight...

I would not consider that a low priority at all. Pinching photos. Now there's a low priority.

Copy and paste would be great- esp. when I get a message that someone sent me a picture- but I have to go to www.viewmyphotos.com to see them? WTF?
Everyone else can just send a photo- but- not on the iPhone.
I have to go and write down the photo id and the password- or go to a computer to do it.
Go figure.
Voice dial, spotlight, iWork or Google Apps integration, standalone PDF reader, flash support would all be great-
but- copy and paste isn't optional.
Also- why did they put the search in contacts right under the button instead of on the left of the header? DOH.

Top of my list would be copy paste. Apple's spin is starting to sound more like Microsoft's every day.
my 2c
S.

apple has earned the dubious crown of making millions of beta testers now. look at how many are reporting the limitations of iphone.
frankly i want an iphone but am reserving my rights to become a tester as yet after paying $$$ for it. while my moto rizr has copy and paste i don't use it much as there is no real great use except for copying some sms text onece a blue moon. on iphone it is required to have copy and paste. I assumed iphone would assuming iphone has OS X on it. well i had not read it all. now that all are complaining, i am not buying an iphone till apple introduces copy and paste.

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my wish list and i would buy the phone:
1. copy and paste
2. removable battery
3. bluetooth sync for cal and address book
4. iworks for iphone
5. stereo bluetooth headset
6. use iphone with my Macbook to surf the net

if apple cannot come out with at least no 1 in the next 15 days, i am walking away.

I didn't meant to be cute with Multiple Posts... My Browser seemed unresponsive,and I thought that it didn't work....

>> You COULD say that some OMMISIONS - PARTIAL DISCLOSURES could be seen as
>> LIES!
>
> Now you sound like a true presidential candidate. You saw the same keynote
> that I saw, and he shouldn't have said PUSH if it wasn't PUSH. And please
> don't tell me that just because they didn't demo the Desktop which doesn't
> use PUSH doesn't make it lying. It's implicit in his demo that mobileme is
> PUSH to and from all devices.

I am CLOSE to agreeing with you, but I need more info! Maybe they are trying to EASE into PUSH? Maybe it's for BUSINESSES only, which kills their SLOGAN -- FOR THE REST OF US!!!! Fuzzy Math, Fuzzy English is ANNOYING though!!!

>
> Remarks like the above are getting close to 'fanboy' status now y'know...
>
> -m

FANBOY:)! I always laughed at that word.... I am FAR from that...

" Top of my list would be copy paste. Apple's spin is starting to sound more like Microsoft's every day. " --

I AGREE, AND DON'T WANT TO!!!!!

Saying copy/paste is a low priority is not an excuse, just a statement. Actually, there are very few interface improvements in iPhone 2.0. There is some improvement on the keyboard I understand. But, most of the improvements seem to be in networking applications. Even the calculator which I understood to be improved seems to have only been changed slightly.I have only noticed the lack of copy/paste a couple times. Most absurdly was when a phone number was in an email message and I wanted to call it. It wasn't active as a link so I literally did have to write it down and tap it back in. It felt pretty lame, but was by no means a deal killer.The push email is great, btw. I forward some messages to both my phone and desktop and I now get notifications on my iPhone before I even see the message on my desktop. Very cool.

For all of the complainers, maybe you guys need to take a step back for a second and consider the big picture. I realize that the internet has given everyone in the world this incredible sense of entitlement, but consider this for a moment...

The reason that the iPhone has been so successful is because it's a device that's intuitive to the average user. With the exception of the multi-touch interface, none of the features that the iPhone offered were all that revolutionary. That said, what the iPhone did bring to the table was a level of simplicity and elegance that actually made pre-existing technologies useful to the average user. Before I had the iPhone, my Treo 650 had the internet but it wasn't even worth using because it was so poor (and I'm a VERY technical person). Same goes for purchasing 3rd party applications on a phone. Among other things, this uselessness was attributable to the fact that phone makers put a priority on the number of features of a given model over the usability of those features—just like windows (and windows mobile, for that matter).

Here is the thing. Yes, the iPhone is a powerful computer. Yes, it runs OS X. Yes, it is technically capable of doing probably 1,000 more things than are currently implemented. BUT, it is NOT a replacement for a desk/laptop computer. It wasn't intended to be, and it isn't. If you want a phone that is TRYING to be a miniature computer, GO BUY A WINDOWS MOBILE DEVICE.

I believe that one of the reasons that Apple has been so successful since the return of SJ is that they have refined their focus. Prior to Steve, Apple was trying to be all things to all people. With a practically never-ending supply of money even Microsoft can't make that work. Saying that the iPhone NEEDS an office suite, a hard keyboard (at least in its current form), or cut and past ignores what the iPhone IS and what it was intended to be. If you want a product that feels as elegant and polished as the iPhone does, you have to draw a line in the sand. As far as I'm concerned, this whole gripe is just like the "but there's no FM radio on the iPod" rant. Was that a concern for some people, sure. Was it something that Apple could have included in the first generation iPod instead of releasing an add-on module several years later, sure. Was (or is) that something that 98% of iPod buyers probably ever cared for a second about? No.

In the end, this is what Apple does, they make choices and they try to do it so that it benefits the average user. While I'm sure copy/paste is inevitable, anyone who thinks this is some gross oversight needs to take a step back and try to put themselves in the shoes of the average iPhone user and wonder if it's something they would miss. In other words, get yourself just a little perspective.

a long time for them to add this feature. I've been waiting since OS X came out for them to make FInder Labels work at LEAST as well they did in OS 9 (and after many feature requests). They still suck in OS X.

Copy and paste is low priority? Is it really that hard to implement? I had to enter a 64 character (not just alpha numeric) WPA key to get my 3G iPhone on the corporate network. It took 3 tries and 15 minutes. Is this what Apple considers a good user experience? Fail

Take two quick iPhone polls here:
http://polls.zoho.com/adegutis

My Newton can copy and paste! How can an iPhone not do it?

I don't think we're getting what "low priority" probably means here. Like many large companies, priority refers to where in the hierarchy of open issues the feature request fits. It is NOT a measure of it's overall importance at all. This (likely) means that other issues (security issues, bugs, breakage, etc.) are just higher priority at the current time. This platform is so extensible, there is little doubt it will be added in time. my 2c.

Since System 1.0, Copy and Paste has been a two-way street, with the user abstracted from the technology. Select some text and a graphic and Copy? Gets put into the clipboard as a combination of text and graphics: paste it into a text only app, you get the text: paste into a graphics app you get the graphic (and maybe the text).

Implementing a text-only copy and paste is easy: implementing a true copy and paste is anything but (all the cell phones to date can only do the former, fwiw.)

You might all be missing Copy & Paste - admitted, it would be ok to have.

What I'm more pissed over, is that Apple has made M$ Exchange support - but has NOT added support for their OWN iCal Server solution.

What does that mean?
We all now sit with OS X 10.5 servers, using iCal Server calendars, and can NOT sync it to the iPhone/iTouch.
ONLY way to do this, is to use USB/iTunes sync on ALL your calendars... so much for MobileMe & Push technology.
Also, the iCal Server calendar on the iPhone is Read only, so no editing on-the-go of your agenda..

To me, this is A LOT more important than copy & paste..

You all need to remember what Steve says. The iPhone is a phone first, and all those other gimmicky features can't interfere with this. That's why they didn't waste time with such minimal like copy/paste.

This is why they added all those new phone features to the iPhone, like...um...well...uh...you know, all those new phone features, like GPS, third-party app support, push email/contacts/calendar, that type of stuff.

And thank god they left off voice dialing. Last thing we need is a bunch of losers behind the wheels of their cars keeping their eyes on the road and two hands on the wheel!

In case you guys don't know, contact:
apple.com/feedback

Apple's old priority list:
1. Provide a superior user experience for everyone, based on the customers' needs and desires.
2. Design beautiful hardware to help provide that superior experience.
3. Make a lot of money by providing a superior user experience on beautiful hardware.

Apple's new priority list:
1. Make a lot of money.
2. Create headlines with secret announcements and special product launches to make even more money, regardless of how poorly executed they are.
3. Give dedicated customers only some of what they want with each new product release-- they they'll happily spend more money next year on a product that's still missing half of what they really want.

Clearly, the "Low Priority" for Apple is the customer.

Apple's New Motto: "More Like Microsoft Every Day"

"I realize that the internet has given everyone in the world this incredible sense of entitlement..."


You read my mind! Thanks for saying it.

What the heck are all you guys talking about saying copy/paste doesn't need to be on a phone. The iPhone is so much more than a phone, plus all BlackBerry's and anything with Windows Mobile can copy/paste. I use it on my BB to copy and address for GPS, tracking numbers on shipments, emails, quoting a text message to email (or vice versa). It is such a common feature that is available in so many other places. Apple is really dropping the ball on the most simple of features. I will be looking at the new BlackBerry Bold before an iPhone now, simply because they at least have basic functions. Oh and they can send picture messages too!

Come on Apple, you're better than this.

What the heck are all you guys talking about saying copy/paste doesn't need to be on a phone. The iPhone is so much more than a phone, plus all BlackBerry's and anything with Windows Mobile can copy/paste. I use it on my BB to copy and address for GPS, tracking numbers on shipments, emails, quoting a text message to email (or vice versa). It is such a common feature that is available in so many other places. Apple is really dropping the ball on the most simple of features. I will be looking at the new BlackBerry Bold before an iPhone now, simply because they at least have basic functions. Oh and they can send picture messages too!

Come on Apple, you're better than this.