Microsoft: Cut and paste doesn’t make the cut for Windows Phone 7 Series

As we start to learn more and more about the truly innovative and paradigm-shifting Windows Phone 7 Series platform, the more we start to become disappointed with what we’ll be seeing on the initial release. First, the HTC HD2 got the WP7 cold-shoulder. Then we heard that non-native apps would not be able to multi-task, and that Windows Phone apps would not be allowed to live on the SD card (or side-loaded, for that matter). Now, we’re hearing cut and paste didn’t make the cut for Windows Phone 7. Clipboard operations are apparently a no-go for the upcoming smartphone OS, according to a question and answer session here at MIX10.

That means cutting and pasting text won’t be an option for early WP7 adopters – which is a shame, given the near ubiquity of the feature across the smartphone domain. But, to be fair, the seemingly simple feature requires some serious thought as far as user interface/experience and integration through the entire platform. With Microsoft reiterating its goal of pushing out Windows Phone 7 Series for holiday sales, it makes sense that Ballmer & Co. are reconsidering which core features to focus their resources on for the next several months.

Still, there’s hope. Microsoft isn’t closed to bringing multi-tasking and side-loading and cut/paste to their Windows Phone platform. We’ll probably just have to wait until they get their Windows Phone 7 devs to put some spit and polish on those features in the months (hopefully not years – ahem, iPhone) following the launch.

[Via: EngadgetMobile]