The new iPhone 3.0 update will bring, at last, copy and paste.
It works thusly: You double tap a word and it gets magnified, much like the cursor-placing magnification in the current version. You then pinch to choose the highlighted text (which is apparently indicated by a set of quote marks). Last, you choose from a button: cut, copy or paste.
There will also be "No background apps." Sensible, as they would be battery killers. Apple is also bringing parity with the Pre, adding everything that Palm’s yet-to-be released new handset will have.
This last sounds odd. The Pre was only announced in January and Apple is unlikely to have had time to study the phone’s OS (at all demos to date, we haven’t even been allowed to touch the Pre. And I mean literally. Not even a pinky on the screen).
Kevin Rose also reports that there will be "no video in this release" (recording, of course — we already have a video player).
We won’t have to wait long to see if this is true, but it’s fun to watch the video (if you don’t mind Alex Albrecht using the F word over and over — if you do, don’t click play). Rose’s reports have a spotty history. They’re either spookily accurate (like the iTunes 8 and iPod Nano reports) or just way off.
What do y’all think? Prediction in the comments. Most accurate wins a Gadget Lab pat-on-the-back.
Link:
Kevin Rose On iPhone 3.0
Stroy source:
wired.com.
