Microsoft on lack of Copy/Paste in Windows Phone 7: “People don’t use that anymore….”

By now everyone and their mother has heard of Microsoft’s extremely Apple-esque stance with the upcoming Windows Phone 7. On several fronts, that’s a very, very good thing. On the other hand, comments such as “People don’t use copy/paste anymore” clearly show they [Microsoft] are F*cking stupid (with a capital F no less). Getting everything to be more simplistic and user friendly. Good. Great. Awesome. That’s exactly what they need to do. But overly water down a platform that has traditionally been a power users platform…? There are two very distinct user groups in the mobile sphere currently: (1) The super simple iPhone-like style and (2) the Android-like tinkers platform. In the middle you have the likes of several mobile OS hopefuls. Where does Microsoft sit with WinPhone 7? Well, a week ago I would have said easily in the middle of Apple and Android — a great place to be. Unfortunately, it looks like they’re moving more and more towards Apple every day.

I’ll give the argument that complex information identifying and handling is greatly improved. For example, clicking on a phone number in a text gives you several options, with most if not all being actual useful functions negating the need to copy, navigate, paste. Still, there are plenty of times when copy/paste would be of benefit.

Has the nonsense reached critical mass yet to where you’re already writing off WinPhone 7 as less of a power user’s dream and more of a “childrens toy”?

Author: Mike Norris

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