Pastebud is a new service for iPhone users that will allow copy and paste functionality between the Mail and Safari applications.
Gizmodo first posted Pastebud’s video. Currently, the service doesn’t require anything extra to be installed. It avoids Apple’s App Store by using two bookmarks in Safari. “One prepares and loads the page you are viewing, ready to select text at the touch of a finger. From there, you can copy any text you want and create a new mail message with that text in it. In addition to that, you will be able to copy and paste in the text field of a different web page,” Giz explains.
Unlike other approaches, it works with the two apps that matter most, Mail and Safari, and gets around Apple’s onerous App Store terms through a clever combination of javascript bookmarks and web services.
Seeing as how Apple hasn’t delivered copy and paste directly, these workaround solutions are welcomed, for the time being. As we’ve previously explained, not until copy/paste is delivered straight from Apple and baked directly into the iPhone SDK will it be official.
For some more reading regarding Apple, Copy and Paste, and what’s holding this back:
READ → – Copy-and-Paste still missing in iPhone; Blame Apple’s Obsessive Nature
READ → – iPhone “Copy-and-Paste” A Low Priority
READ → – Pending App “MagicPad” Ultilizes Cut-and-Paste
READ → – OpenClip.org Offers Up System Wide iPhone Copy-and-Paste
READ → – True Copy-and-Paste Should and Will Only Come From Apple
3 Comments to “Pastebud Brings Copy and Paste to iPhone Between Mail and Safari”
Ok, don’t get me wrong here. I have the utmost respect for Pastebud. I love the development and I respect the effort. But, it’s just not doing it for me. All of these workarounds, clipboard uses, and bookmarks to get copy/past? It just frustrates me even more. It won’t be right until it comes from Apple.
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yup… needs to be in the sdk
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i had the chance to test it. i did a first look of it on my blog. click my name and check it out.
much love
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