Things We Like: iPhone OS 3.1 Lets You Copy Numbers & Addresses From Contacts

Michael Johnston · July 3rd, 2009, 06:01 PM

As we all know copy & paste finally made its way to the iPhone in 3.0, but it was missing ONE BIG THING. You couldn't copy information from contacts! Honestly Apple, how the heck did you miss that one? Sure, you could hit "Edit" and copy the number out that way, but it was so inconvenient. Thankfully iPhone OS 3.1 beta (seeded to developers earlier this week) has added this oh so important feature. When it drops, you'll be able to copy out phone numbers and addresses and even someone's name, email address, photo, and just about anything else!

And yes, we even have a pretty picture of it in action for you to check out below.

iPhown · July 3rd, 2009, 08:36 PM #2

I'd like to see copy/paste in all the apps, especially the YouTube one. I guess the apps will slowly start being compatible with future updates.

thuggedout · July 4th, 2009, 11:01 AM #3

Yeah I'm happy they fix that, I was very annoyed when I tried to copy a number from my contacts only to discover you have to hit edit in order to copy the number.

pgrosby · July 4th, 2009, 01:57 PM

WIll 3.1 have the VERY necessary "select all" option in Mails's Inbox, so if I get 200 messages, I don't have to pick every one to have the delete option and I can just choose them all at once with one click, like I can do in Palm or Blackberry?

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Michael Johnston This is my fricken site, durrrr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rockford, IL Posts: 2,695 Thanks: 11 Thanked 45 Times in 40 Posts	Things We Like: iPhone OS 3.1 Lets You Copy Numbers & Addresses From Contacts - July 3rd, 2009, 06:01 PM #1
	<script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script> As we all know copy & paste finally made its way to the iPhone in 3.0, but it was missing ONE BIG THING. You couldn't copy information from contacts! Honestly Apple, how the heck did you miss that one? Sure, you could hit "Edit" and copy the number out that way, but it was so inconvenient. Thankfully iPhone OS 3.1 beta (seeded to developers earlier this week) has added this oh so important feature. When it drops, you'll be able to copy out phone numbers and addresses and even someone's name, email address, photo, and just about anything else! And yes, we even have a pretty picture of it in action for you to check out below. __________________ About my iPhone: iPhone & Color: White 32GB iPhone 3GS iPhone Version: Whatever the latest is because I'm crazy like that. Computer & OS: 15" Unibody MacBook Pro + OS X Leopard 10.5 AIM: iPhoneAlley twitter: MichaelJohnston

iPhown Forum Ninja Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	July 3rd, 2009, 08:36 PM #2
	I'd like to see copy/paste in all the apps, especially the YouTube one. I guess the apps will slowly start being compatible with future updates.

thuggedout iPA Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 95 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	July 4th, 2009, 11:01 AM #3
	Yeah I'm happy they fix that, I was very annoyed when I tried to copy a number from my contacts only to discover you have to hit edit in order to copy the number. __________________ Free your mind and your iPhone.

pgrosby Forum Lurker Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Important Fix Needed For Mail - July 4th, 2009, 01:57 PM #4
	WIll 3.1 have the VERY necessary "select all" option in Mails's Inbox, so if I get 200 messages, I don't have to pick every one to have the delete option and I can just choose them all at once with one click, like I can do in Palm or Blackberry?