How to Copy & Paste on an iPhone (videos)
Posted by Dave Merten 
Jul 26, 2008 at 12:17pm
One of the features most wanted on an iPhone, but Apple has yet to deliver, is Copy & Paste. Below is a video rendition of what it may look and work like on an iPhone.
How Copy and Paste Should Work
iPhone Copy and Paste from lonelysandwich on Vimeo.
Until Copy & Paste is implemented in the iPhone, there is a workaround for it. Preston Monroe has developed a bookmarklet that delivers the ability to copy and paste within Safari on the iPhone with surprisingly few limitations. Dubbed “iCopy,” this bookmarklet can copy paragraphs of text and URLs from Safari and paste the information back into Safari or into email messages.
To install iCopy, simply navigate to: http://www.biocow.com/iCopy/ on your iPhone and follow the instructions. No hacking/jailbreaking required.
Below are some demos on how iCopy works.
Copy and Paste Text Demo:
Copy Text and Email Demo:
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