Whether or not Copy/Paste doesn't get used is a bit beside the point. How many consumers stop to think about whether they'll use that particular feature? What they know is that they can do it on Androids and iPhones.
Couple that with this current mess and Microsoft is presenting the image that they are a day late and a dollar short. It may not be the case at all, but there's a huge risk that the uninitiated (consumers, who are the target audience) will see that they can't do something on Windows Phone 7 device, but can do it on a competitor's device. And some people are making a big deal about it, whether or not it actually is a big deal. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com>wrote: > Agreed. I have an Android based phone and while I have very few > complaints about it, I can honestly say that I have never used copy/paste on > it in the almost year that I have had it. I believe this is yet another > instance of people finding a “scab” they can pick at with Microsoft and so > they do it. It is no different than the security (either too much or too > little) issues people always complain about or the brouhaha over Vista > (which while not perfect was nowhere near as bad as the general gnashing of > teeth made it out to be). > > Moral of story…If it has Microsoft’s name on it, there is a fairly large > segment of the IT community that will find something to bash about it. With > Windows Phone 7, if it was not Cut/Paste it would be something else. > > IMHO, > > Tim > > > > *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:32 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > *I have had an iPhone for a year and use it as my primary email device > pretty frequently when traveling. I’ve honestly never used the copy/paste > feature so I find it difficult to understand what the big deal about this > is. If the iPhone didn’t have copy/paste (which I think it only got in a > recent release?) nobody would care about this.*** > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briandesmond.com* <br...@briandesmond.com>** > > * * > > *c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:13 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > I was about to reply pretty-much the same exact thing to Matthew Ross - so > in seeing this, I wont bother. > > > > In the court of public opinion, this looks very poorly on Microsoft. I > thought they were a lot more in-sync with the business community. They > should have waited. > > > > The copy/paste feature (or lack there of) is simply ridiculous. I never > would have imagined that Microsoft, above any other company could appear as > out-of-touch as Apple - to think that copy/paste isn't a necessary feature > of /any/ computing device. > > > > IIRC, it was one of the important "features" of early Office products. > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, just because Apple couldn’t get it right is justification for MS not to > get it right? > > MS created the EAS protocol, not Apple. MS should get be able to support > it. > > > > MS has been in the mobile phone business for 10 years now. Apple, 4 years. > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:53 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > Its this tidbit that really cracks me up (not really. I think its > monumentally foolish). I mean, these are the things that the iPhone has > been past ridiculed for in the business community. > > -- > ME2 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can't help but shake my head with dismay when I keep hearing about how > they didn't even fully implement the full EAS/ActiveSync feature set on > WM7. > I've heard many say the email client on WM 6.5 was better than 7. > > And copy/paste? Aren't those issues like so 2 years ago? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:41 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > Good luck, then. It will be an uphill battle. But, nothing is impossible. > > Microsoft needs something that helps win the hearts and minds beyond their > current "So I can get back to life" commercials. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sam Cayze > [mailto:sca...@gmail.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 > 09:30:46 -0800 > Subject: RE: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > +1. > > > > Well put. I want this OS to stay in the game. > > > > > > > > From: Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:16 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > > > > > ANY bad press for Window Phone 7 right now, whether deserved or not, > > is not good. > > > > > > > > From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:02 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Can you hear me now, Microsoft? > > > > > > > > It's called Windows Phone 7 but I understand some people are easily > > confused as it's an awkward name overall. > > > > My 2two work fine and I have a Samsung Focus as do three other people > > I know who are happy with them. There are a lot of new processes > > being built out here and I fully expect this process to work itself out > just fine. > > > > Historically Microsoft is always careful to not point the finger at > > any of it's partners, ever. 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