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Here’s short demo video of Microsoft’s Smart-Sensing technology vs traditional copy & paste in Windows Phone 7. This looks nice and all (somewhat similar to…

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Here’s short demo video of Microsoft’s Smart-Sensing technology vs traditional copy & paste in Windows Phone 7. This looks nice and all (somewhat similar to what’s on the iPhone..).. but I still want real copy/paste Microsoft. The latest we have heard is that work is being done and the feature should hopefully be available in one of the first updates.

Source: Microsoft I uploaded the video to YouTube for those who don’t want to create an account on MS’s site.

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