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[Video] Pending App “MagicPad” Ultilizes Cut-and-Paste

Cut-Copy-Paste has been a long awaited feature for the iPhone and following recent reports, there may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Moreover, a forthcoming application may take center stage, if Apple can give the OK.

MagicPad, a rich text editor that is currently awaiting App Store approval, may prove to be the application that many have been waiting for. Not only will it allow users to create customizable text documents in which fonts, text sizes, colors, bold, italic…etc can be configured to ones needs, but it will also support copy-cut-and paste. That’s right, MagicPad may soon be a viable option for use of one of the most basic yet currently unavailable features of the iPhone.

MagicPad has been developed by Proximi Inc., a relative newcomer to the scene, who has given appleiphoneapps.com a look into the motivation for the project.

“While MagicPad only supports such functionality within its own application, the company sought to create a working case-study, both elegant and versatile, that would work across the entire iPhone platform. Due to limitations within the iPhone’s SDK, MagicPad’s rich-text abilities do not transfer between applications, but the company still comprehensively tested their solution for usability against other apps. Pulling out all the stops, the folks at MagicPad have even created a series of videos to demonstrate how how their version of copy & paste would operate with the iPhone’s preloaded native apps. The demos should soon be available to the public on the MagicPad site.”

Check out the video to see MagicPad in action.

While certainly handy, this is not going to bring true copy-and-paste to the iPhone, as there will not be any way to copy text between different applications. Although MagicPad does not support true system-wide copy-and-paste functionality, it is a step in the right direction.