Comments on: TextGuru and MagicPad: Mobile Cut-and-Paste Text Editing

By: Jailbreak: If You Need Copy-and-Paste Today

Jailbreak: If You Need Copy-and-Paste Today — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:01:58 +0000

[...] This is where Clippy’s similarity to 3.0’s cut, copy and paste ends. A highlighted selection in Clippy does not have handles you can grab to finesse where it starts and ends. Getting a selection right the first time requires much precision. You have to get it right the first time or you’ll have to do it all over again. Also, when you select a passage that extends beyond the page view, you have to hold your finger at the edge of the view to get the page to scroll, if it scrolls at all. Even when it does scroll, oftentimes the selection will break. Text editor apps such as TextGuru and MagicPad also employ this method with equally mixed results. [...]

By: José

José — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:59:37 +0000

Thanks for your reply Claiton, very appreciated.

Have a nice day,

José

By: Clayton Lai

Clayton Lai — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:38:46 +0000

Hi José,

Yes, you’ll be able to read PDFs, PPTs, DOCs, XLSs, etc. offline.

By: josé

josé — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:15:10 +0000

Hi,
Nice review so far. Only one question, once transferred those files (pdf, ppt,..) to the ipod, is possible save the files and read those offline?.

Thanks in advance and cheers,

josé

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:44:58 +0000

great review – I’m just about to get my new iPhone – having finally given up on my Treo 650 and I am disappointed that text editing is not better supported.
Text Guru looks really good but doesn’t have a folder system to manage files – I do a lot of writing on the move and have found this really useful with the Palm.
I would like .CSS support as well and a file system that I could point Safari at or preview in Text Guru with linked CSS files working.
I would also like a spell checker but well…
The main point is, and speaking as a long term Apple user/ fan going back to a Classic and OS 7, Apple have really made a mess of the iPhone by limiting it and text editing is one of the glaring mistakes. Why no straight forward syncing? having a Palm Treo didn’t stop me getting a Mac Book Pro after my PowerBooks?
Why no full Bluetooth object push?
No Movie camera?
etc etc
Still I’m looking forward to using it, I suppose I must be incurable

By: cafedave.net » copy-paste apps for iphone

cafedave.net » copy-paste apps for iphone — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:52:58 +0000

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By: Livbit » Copy-Paste solution now available for iPhone

Livbit » Copy-Paste solution now available for iPhone — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:25:39 +0000

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By: Anton

Anton — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:09:05 +0000

Why haven’t Apple “invented” copy/paste ability for iPodTouch/iPhone natively yet…