Copy and paste on the Newton
08 Sep
Posted by admin as TUAW News, iPhone Applications, iPhone News, iPhone Reviews, iPhone Rumors
Filed under: Hardware, Portables, iPhone, Apple History
While everyone waits for Apple to implement copy and paste on the iPhone (or hacks their own), Newton users have been enjoying it for 15 years.
Here’s a great video of the just how Apple pulled it off on a previous touch device. Clicking and dragging selects the text, and moving it to the side of the screen sends it to the clipboard, represented by a shortcut. You can then move multiple copies out of the clipboard and into your applications with a drag of that shortcut.
It seems like a variation of this could work for the iPhone — drag text to an edge or corner as a clipboard. Of course, there’s a lot less text manipulation on the iPhone than the Newton, which was a PDA.
Either way, I still love my Newton. Sure, people make fun of me for carrying around a PDA the size of a baby dolphin, but I don’t care. At least I have copy and paste.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Advertisement
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...Related Posts
First Unofficial Apple iPhone 3G manual
iPhoneGap Recommend
Probably The Best iPhone Unlocking Solution
Partners
Recent Posts
iTags
3g accelerometer Amp apple Apple Iphone Apple iPhone News application applications Blog Blog Archive business clone CNET design developers fun gadget game games google hack installer.app internet iphone iphone apps iPhone News Iphones ipod Ipod Touch itunes Magic Nbsp Odds And Ends os phone-atlas photo photos review Ru rumors russia software Stocks technology videoiCalendar
iArchive
Subscribe to My Latest News
Categories
- Apple iPhone News
- Apple iPhone reviews
- Apple News
- blogging
- iPhone Accessories
- iPhone and Celebrities
- iPhone Applications
- iPhone Description
- iPhone FAQ
- iPhone Games
- iPhone GPS
- iPhone Hacks
- iPhone Humor
- iPhone News
- iPhone Photogallery
- iPhone Reviews
- iPhone Rumors
- iPhone Skins
- iPhone Spec's
- iPhone Videogallery
- Macbook News
- Make Money
- Shopping
- TUAW News
- Uncategorized
Recent Comments
- Amtico on Zombie Headshot | Bloody shooter
- Lanzarote on How to install any paid or free game or app directly from your iPhone 3G!
- PC TV on SiliconCloud.com | Profesional Inbound Marketing and Social Media solutions
- folding solar panel on How to install any paid or free game or app directly from your iPhone 3G!
- GomoTratrygot on Apple iPhone’s SpringBoard has been Hacked
Blogroll
Gadget Code
iPhone pasaule
Ziedi
My Community
Links to Site
iPhone Matters
- Name one feature you want on the iPhoneThat’s obviously a hard question, I can think of a few. But right now, the one missing feature that’s bugging me, and has since the very beginning, is the inability to customise SMS tones. I so often miss messages because the available tones just aren’t loud enough. So, what about…
- iPhone Tip of the WeekMany of you have probably run into the “not enough free space” message even though it clearly looks like you have enough space, right? Even though an app may report that it’s small enough to squeeze into the last few gigabytes on your iPhone, every app is compressed before it’s…
- MotionX GPS App Hits Stores, Great BuyMotionX GPS Drive is a GPS navigation app for iPhone from the people who brought you MotionX GPS.The most appealing thing about the MotionX GPS Drive is pricing. It is either $3/month, or $25/year. If you want live voice directions…
- IK Multimedia Releases GrooveMaker Techno and TranceRemember the review I did on Groovemaker? They have some announcements! “IK Multimedia is proud to announce the release of two new applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch: GrooveMaker Techno and GrooveMaker Trance. Both versions…
- O2 Worried About Customers Returning Newly Bought iPhonesThe iPhone is available in a number of countries but since its international conquest following the 3G’s launch, only one carrier per country (or countries) had full exclusivity of the iPhone like AT&T does in the US. While competition amongst various…
iPhone World
- Kā ielādēt spēles iPhone 3G | Pirmā Neoficiālā Apple iPhone instrukcija Latvijā March 14, 2009Sveiki visiem Apple iPhone faniem. Es piedāvāju Jums Pirmo Neoficiālo Apple iPhone 2G un 3G instrukciju Latvijā. Jūs uzzināsiet, kā var ielādēt jebkuru spēli vai programmu Jūsu iPhone, izmantojot divas metodes: - oficiālo metodi – caur App Store datubāzi. Jūs varēsiet lejupielādēt un uzinstalēt jebkuru BEZMAKSAS spēli vai programmu no […]
- Pluto Files’ Hate Mail Declassified [Science] March 9, 2010If I were Neil deGrasse Tyson—host of the Pluto Files and director of the Hayden Planetarium—I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Not after reading the hate mail from thousands of outraged American kids. The kids wrote to de Grasse Tyson demanding an explanation about why scientists changed Pluto's classification from planet into a Ku […]
- How Epic fit the Unreal Engine into the iPhone March 9, 2010The Unreal Engine 3 is on its way to the iPhone, though creators Epic Games have had to make some compromises to get there. Originally posted at Web Crawler
- Onkyo’s TX-SR608 Is The First THX-Certified 3D AV Receiver And Has Six HDMI Inputs [AV Receivers] March 9, 2010The TX-SR608 receiver will be available in April for $599, just in time for pairing with a Panasonic or Samsung 3DTV, and with a whopping six HDMI inputs it's very well-specced for its price. All six HDMI 1.4 inputs are capable of passing 3D video, and upscale to 1080p if needed—with one of the inputs handily located on the front. All HD audio for […]
- Boeing 747 Survives a Simulated Underwear Bomb Blast [Bombs] March 8, 2010newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LqyBPUBcvDE&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[],"width":500,"height":412,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed": […]
One Response
Patrica Morris
November 13th, 2008 at 12:11 am
1omrk1he7t7z5jt7v
RSS feed for comments on this post
Leave a reply