Printed from  Windows Phone 7 to get copy-and-paste after launch
updated 10:05 am EDT, Thu March 18, 2010  MS denial of WP7 copy-
paste just stalling tactic  Despite claims to the contrary,
Microsoft is still developing a way to use copy-and-paste text
on Windows Phone 7, a "person close to the den" leaked today. He
claimed that Microsoft has wanted it all along but had to cut it
out of the initial version to make the late 2010 launch target.
An update would come "soon" afterwards, veteran Microsoft
follower and MIX10 attendee Long Zheng was told.  The details
contradict what Microsoft had been telling MIX10 guests and the
public earlier in the week. It had claimed that users didn't
really need copy-and-paste features and that WP7's ability to
auto-populate phone numbers through data detectors in the OS
meant that it wouldn't be necessary. Both statements were
regarded as odd given that Windows Mobile 6 already had the
ability to clip text and that a new version of Office for WP7
would virtually demand the fe