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DailyTech Poll Discussion Do you use copy/paste on your smartphone?
Brandon Hill (Blog) - March 18, 2010 5:00 PM

21 comment(s) - last by hybrid2d4x4.. on Mar 24 at 4:11 PM

Microsoft is catching heat for the lack of copy and paste on Windows Phone 7 Series. Is it a big deal to you?

Do you use copy/paste on your smartphone?

I use copy/paste quite frequently (1,071 votes)
30%
I occasionally use copy/paste (1,479 votes)
42%
I don't use copy/paste at all (612 votes)
17%
My smartphone doesn't even have copy/paste (372 votes)
11%
3,534 total votes

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It's important

By lecanard on 3/18/2010 5:03:17 PM , Rating: 5

I didn't realize how handy it would be until my phone started supporting it, but it has saved me a lot of hassles.

RE: It's important

By dubldwn on 3/18/2010 5:37:07 PM , Rating: 2

I used copy/paste several times today. A web address, two tracking numbers, and a couple things from the notes app (do that all the time). Plus, the dictation apps copy and paste. I’m confused about those above that have smart phones that support the function but don’t use it…

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RE: It's important

By cditty on 3/18/2010 5:47:36 PM , Rating: 2

I have never used copy past on my iphone... ever.

On it's on, it is pretty intuitive about what info to keep and link through to something else.

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RE: It's important

By dubldwn on 3/18/2010 6:05:50 PM , Rating: 5

ok you never copied a street or web address? You never copied a dirty text from a chick and sent it to your buddy? Never copied some random info off the internet to put in notes or a text? Eh, ok. I mean, you're not making this sh!t up. I guess people use their smart phones for different things.

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RE: It's important

By Performance Fanboi on 3/18/2010 7:00:23 PM , Rating: 2

I think copy/paste is very useful if not necessary but that's just my opinion. I'm not an iPhone user or an Apple supporter in any way but it would seem hypocritical to bash Apple for lacking copy/paste and not MS. To release Windows Phone 7 without it is to say the least puzzling.

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RE: It's important

By Motley on 3/18/2010 9:33:10 PM , Rating: 1

I can say that I haven't. Everywhere I'd want/need to put an street address, it allows me to pull from my contacts. I don't browse the web THAT much on my phone either, maybe 15 minutes on the train in and 15 minutes on the train out of the city. Otherwise, I have a desktop to do such things.

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RE: It's important

By adiposity on 3/19/2010 6:00:56 PM , Rating: 2

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I can say that I haven't. Everywhere I'd want/need to put an street address, it allows me to pull from my contacts.

You have addresses in your contacts...well that's the first difference between our phone use...

At least my Droid, if I find an address in a webpage, will only require that I click on it to open google maps. If it didn't, I'd have to cut and paste. Can your phone take an address from a web page and open it in google maps? Just curious.

Btw, why kind of phone do you have?

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