Comments on: The dark secret behind cut-and-paste for the iPhone.

Who knew Apple was so... what?

[ssteve1]

"With recent posts from former Apple employees whom speak of the 'Fear of Steve' "

Aren't you going to skewer him for the laughably pretentious misuse of the word "whom?" If you don't, I will. I can't help it, I'm a fanboy of the English language.

[ripragged]

Hey, is that the same Sven that's in the cell phone ad, annoying the crap out of that poor family? Sounds like the same guy.

I'm afraid for him, living on the edge like that. Tell him to keep an eye out for black helicopters.

Thanks, Sven, if you're still alive.

[puiz_andras]

Most of the time, you rip ******** a second *******, and they deserve it. This post, however, leaves me scratching my head.

Sure, the piece is a bit silly, what with all the secrecy and the lack of real content, but then hundreds of such posts get published each day. I'm not sure I understand why it appeared on The Macalope's radar.

I especially don't see why the need for copy and paste warrants such harsh treatment. These are truly essential features for a smartphone, and their omission is strange at best, and a dealbreaker for some. Some people rely on copy and paste; for one, I couldn't have written this comment without using them. And when a self-respecting netizen buys a smartphone, the least he wants to be able to do with it is comment on The Macalope, isn't it?!

Sure, the iPhone sells well enough with its current functionality. It's the Jesus Phone; it's not about features but implementation; it's the experience that counts, and so on... But still. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect something as trivial as copy and paste on the best phone in the world. Even the dumbest, crappiest phones let you copy and paste phone numbers.

I believe the Furry Fury has been wasted on a less than deserving subject this time around.

[Phuul]

Maybe I've been using ever dumber and crappier cell phones, but not one of them has ever had the ability to copy and paste anything. Oh I can click a button to add a new contact for a recent caller, I can even add it to an existing contact. I can also do that on my iPhone. That is not copy and paste however.

[zerofirst]

Macalope, that was a pathetic posting on your part. Seriously, it elicited pathos. Sven's short chat with an Apple employee was used as a point of departure for a worthwhile discussion of a couple of sorely lacking features. No point in giving him both antlers. Reading your post, I had no idea that the problem was how to implement cut-and-paste within the confines of the current interface, so I'm glad I read Sven's post and read about some of the proposed solutions in the comments. I love it when you bring out the hatchet, but only when it's deserved.

[howclever]

Is it just me or does the Macalope just sound like a snotty smart ass teenager?

[MATTAND]

Longtime reader, first time caller. I'm also having a hard time understanding why Sven deserves the George Ou treatment. The X-Files type delivery was a little over-the-top, but did this guy really deserve the Furry Fury, as Puiz so eloquently put it?

IMHO, this is similar to the "How dare you badmouth Apple or the iPhone" garbage that Scott Bourne was wallowing in last year on MacBreak Weekly. Yeesh...

[illegal.alias]

Sven often states the obvious. Also, I smell a sockpuppet or two...

[ATSkyWalker]

What the heck? did your 12 year old steal your login id and post this against your will?

Listening to you on MacBreak weekly, I thought you're actually intelligent, but man, if this is not a case of "my 12 year old stole my login" or a case of "I've had to much to drink, or to smoke!" I'm sure, as obvious from most of the comments so far, that a lot of people are disappointed.

What the ****???

[tyks]

I, for one, give you 2 points for the Bothan reference.

[theoxygenthief]

What the hell is a Bothan?

[Macalope]

Really? He wanders around the floor and gets a black shirted Apple employee to tell him the obvious and counts this as some kind of big score, the kind of score Apple has shut sites down for reporting? Not to mention the fact that Rafferty is a repeat offender.

The issue is not cut-and-paste. The iPhone probably *should* have cut-and-paste. It's the over-the-top dire tone and the absurd cloak-and-dagger.

Seems pretty ridiculous to the Macalope but your objections are duly noted.

[brett_x]

I appreciated this article (The Macalope's, that is).
Maybe it's because I don't have an iPhone, but I thought it was a bit of a "slow news day" story that got followed by most of the Mac sites.
This just doesn't strike me as a "wow- we got the inside scoop" story that deserves attention. I bet you could track down 100 Apple employees that would tell you essentially the same thing- nothing but the obvious: "Apple is aware of it." If he said anything else, it might have been an interesting story to cover.

I'm with you 100% when you say : "Sven, we believe it, we just don't care."

[ripragged]

I don't think I ever disparaged the interest in a feature. Cut and paste would be lovely.

I agree with the ***** one, though, that the whole "sneaking out behind the barn to tell dirty jokes" tone of the original article was unnecessary. I live in a family of drama queens. I'm qualified to comment on the genre. Sven is definitely in the genre. I hope he's okay.

[ripragged]

Note for oxygenthief (who obviously never lusted after Carrie Fisher): "Many Bothans died to bring us this information." (Star Wars VI)

[kironin]

this was a lame post. Here it is ONE YEAR LATER, a hardware update, several system software updates and still there is no system wide cut and