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Microsoft definitely working on Copy & Paste for Windows Phone 7

Will it be present in the first release? I doubt it. But according to Tweakers.net, Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel, Copy & Paste is being worked on and a “good”…

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Will it be present in the first release? I doubt it. But according to Tweakers.net, Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel, Copy & Paste is being worked on and a “good” implementation is on the way. Here’s what he supposedly said during his DevDays Keynote in La Hague:

“We look at this case and we will do the right thing,” […]“We’ve heard your feedback loud and clear,”

If you remember, I was the first to post Microsoft’s official PR answer on the matter here (The US PR team issued the same answer 24Hours later) but like all PR stuff you can’t really take it for granted. It’s now reassuring to see that The Dev team is now saying the same thing instead of “According to our research/survey, people don’t need Copy/Paste”.

Source: Twearkers.net via WMPU

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