The Iphone Spot

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If there is one thing that every iPhone owner has been waiting for, it’s the ability to copy and paste.

As a rule, virtually every other smartphone on the market today has this function as standard, and it still confuses many as to why the most popular phone around doesn’t have this function. Well, as of yesterday morning, this dream was realized in the form of Clippy - a Cydia app that allows the user to indeed copy and paste between several apps. Thank you Cydia…

Currently, it’s still in the beta stage, but impressive nonetheless. It seems to work quite well between the stock iPhone apps such as Mail, SMS, Notes and Safari. It also works on a few App Store apps, but remains a little buggy. One example of this is its compatibility with Beejive, which it seems to crash.

The main obstacle in its present state is that you must have the text editor open for it to work, i.e. be writing a text message or an E-mail. In the example above we are applying copy and paste to an E-mail, for which you must first select “reply” so that the editor appears.

There is another feature that some may see as a hindrance, whereas before you could drag your finger across a line of text to navigate from one end to the other, now it highlights the text for copying, but if you wish to overwrite a section of text you can highlight the desired section and simply continue typing and it will remove the highlighted segment.

Overall it is a massive achievement in an area where Apple has so far failed to deliver, and although it needs to be developed further to achieve its full potential, it still remains the closest anyone has come to a viable copy/paste tool for the iPhone (web-apps aside).

Credit to Ryan Petrich for his work on this app, and lets hope we see some exciting updates in the near future.

This is capEtan signing out. More info for you on this app ASAP. L8RZ

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Ever wanted to keep your gloves on AND use your iPhone? Well now you can thanks to Dots: The iPhone Gloves. In the freezing weather, most people want to stay as warm as they can. Right? That means the’re going to cover as much of their body as humanly possible. Scarves, jackets, hats, hoods, and of course, gloves, which is where the problem lies. You see, the iPhone’s ingenious touch screen needs an electrical charge to function. So in the freezing temperatures of January, you hesitate to take your gloves off to use your iPhone.

Dots are specifically made to work with the iPhone’s touch screen. The dots on the fingertips of the gloves are made out of nickle and brass which conducts electricity and are located on the tips of the thumb and index finger so you can survive throughout the day in the shivering cold.  Currently they only have two cloth styles available, knit for $15 or wool for $20 and in large and medium sizes. Large is 8 inches from the base of the palm to the tip of the middle finger, while the medium size is just 7. But don’t worry, Chris Harrison - the creator of Dots - has stated that new models of the Dots are scheduled to be released towards the end of February. So those of you who aren’t content with the selection of gloves they currently have, wait just a little longer.

They are highly proclaimed with many testimonials available on the Internet. Some of them include Forbes, Wired, New York Post, etc. If you don’t already own a pair, why don’t you go buy one or two on their website? If you’re not completely satisfied, any unused and undamaged gloves can be sent back for a full refund within 30 days of purchase.Good Luck to all of those who purchase Dots. I may be from Texas, but I’ll probably buy some too. Texas weather…

We’ll get you more info on this subject ASAP. L8RZ