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17 Mar 2010
Microsoft has been giving more details of its forthcoming Phone 7 mobile operating system at the Mix10 developer conference.
At the conference the software giant said that the new operating system will not, as expected, handle full multi-tasking for non-Microsoft applications, since third party applications were sandboxed.
The operating system will also not have the ability to cut and paste. Apple users were displeased over the lack of a cut and paste function for the first iPhone but Microsoft reportedly said that most Office users do not need to use the function, despite it being a feature of its mobile operating system for more than eight years.
Phones using the operating system will be out by the end of the year, according to Microsoft. It is likely that some phones running Windows currently will not be able to upgrade.
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Think I'll Pass
It gets worse & worse. I came to Windows from Symbian & it's restrictions. Was going to buy the HTC HD2 but what's the point. Android will be the beneficiary of MS too little too late
Posted by: Andy 19 Mar 2010
Simple. they dint do their homework
Simple. they dint do their homework
Posted by: gladyator 19 Mar 2010
its not the end of the world
"How are you supposed to get a phone number from an email or a text message and call it? " Click it? "How can you quote the contents of one email in another without cut and paste? " Use reply/forward?
Posted by: Stefan Svensson 18 Mar 2010
No Cut and Paste? Fat lot of good that is!
How are you supposed to get a phone number from an email or a text message and call it? How can you quote the contents of one email in another without cut and paste? I use this function all the time on my phone; I think they're missing a trick.
Posted by: UrgetoSplurge 17 Mar 2010