Engadget reported that Microsoft has decided to go iPhone OS 2.0 on everyone when it comes to Windows Phone 7. First of all, it will have apps that are available only on the Windows Phone Marketplace, similar to Apple’s App Store for iPhone OS. Secondly, copy/paste will not be a feature. They just won't have it.
Supporters had been trumpeting the announcement that Windows Phone 7 will be better than iPhone OS because it will
support Flash, but suddenly the Redmond Giant announced that the new mobile OS won’t have copy/cut/paste function.
The iPhone was ridiculed for not having this apparently important function until Apple relented in 2009. Relented, finally figured out a decent way to implement it, or took a feature from a jailbreak add-on, you be the judge, but regardless, it was finally built in in iPhone OS 3.0, and there was much rejoicing.
So it comes as quite a surprise that at MIX10, Microsoft told everyone it’s not going to be in Windows Phone 7 even more so when in Windows Mobile it has always been available. According to Microsoft, even Office users will not be needing copy/paste.
CNET quoted Todd Brix, a Windows Phone executive saying, “We don’t enable copy & paste and we do that very intentionally.” He continues,
"It's actually an intentional design decision," he said. "We try to anticipate what the user wants so copy and paste isn't necessary." Given that Windows Phone will have an Office suite like other smartphones, it will be interesting how they get around the issue when it comes to dealing with tables, cells, and general actions in those apps. While a handheld device may not be an ideal or even practical way to work on documents, it’s handy to have that ability given that people are beginning to increase their time spent with such devices as opposed to the traditional portable computers.