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Get Kind-Of Copy and Paste on your iPhone/iPod Touch
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 8:20 AM on January 10, 2008
One of the first things that stood out about my new iPod Touch's browser interface was the lack of a copy/paste function—and it really stuck out when sending email or filling out forms. Quasi Clipboard, a bookmarklet for the iPhone and iPod Touch, isn't a copy/paste fix, but it's a decent half-way fix. Hit the "Set" button and type in some text (that you're hopefully looking at in-browser), and you can recall that text into any text box later with the "Get" button. For hard-to-remember items like account numbers and URLs, it's definitely better than jumping back and forth between pages. Quasi Touch requires syncing your iPhone/iPod Touch with Safari (Mac) or Internet Explorer (Windows) to install.
Tags: bookmarklet | COPY AND PASTE | copying | iphone | ipod touch | safari | top
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xxdesmus
Posted 8:46 AM 9/1/08
WARNING:
If you haven't previously used the Sync bookmarks with Safari or Internet Explorer it will wipe out all of the bookmarks currently on the iPhone/Touch. This is not a 2 way sync (kind defeats the purpose of calling it "sync" right?). It will only sync bookmarks from your computer TO the device.
I made this mistake and wiped out 2 months worth of bookmarks. So be warned.
xxdesmus
grem28
Posted 7:59 AM 9/1/08
hey all, i know this is a little off topic, but i don't know where to turn.. what better place than lifehacker!? Is there anyway that i can make my iphone like new out of the box? I hacked my iphone and now i'm getting problems with "This accesory is not available" when i have nothing plugged in and it basically kills my music in every way. P.S., I did a restore and the problem kept happening so i was gonna send it in (also this is a refurb and i had other problems with it) when i realized, wait a minute, it didn't really restore my phone. My carrier was not set back to at&t. Then i re-hacked the phone so i could set the carrier back and installed some apps and all of my apps (mobilescrobbler,etc...) still had the settings i put in there before the restore. P.P.S. If i send it back, i don't want them to say anything, so how do i get back to Factory State? Thanx All!
grem28
maalox
Posted 7:35 AM 9/1/08
I find that in reality the browser function of the iphone is unusable.
First it's painfully slow.
Second everything is too small.
And third, trying to navigate through a site is an exercise in futility due to (1) and (2) above.
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maalox
Asatruer
Posted 10:21 AM 9/1/08
The lack of text select and copy is what turned me away from the iPod Touch during my search for a non-phone handheld/pda style device. This Quasi Clipboard is kind-of neat, but lacking the ability to copy it still will not cover what I need to be able to do. Back to waiting for hps ipaq 200 series device to come out.
Asatruer