April Fools a little early: Windows Phone 7 Series will have copy and paste

I was going to cover the rumors earlier that had surfaced that were stating that Windows Phone 7 Series wouldn't have copy and paste, but they just seemed too far fetched. Instead, I was waiting to confirm with some people "in the know". I still haven't heard first hand but now the folks at istartedsomething have it on good authority that Windows Phone 7 Series will have copy and paste eventually.

According to the post, copy and paste is

"definitely a scenario and feature that the team is putting a lot of thought about and hope to bring to the platform soon after initial release."

It goes on to say that the team itself knows how they're going to implement copy and paste in Windows Phone 7 Series but did not think they could implement it without affecting the release schedule.

I only have one word for this: phew! Seriously though, how can Microsoft release its new mobile operating system without copy and paste? Didn't the company learn anything from Apple's release of the iPhone and its two-year delay in getting copy and paste implemented into the platform?

Now we have to wonder if the company really had planned on implementing copy and paste in the platform eventually. I bet that the team had planned to roll it out but is now fast tracking the rollout since it's getting hammered for its explanation that most users don't need copy and paste.

Regardless, copy and paste is coming, so that's a good sign. Unfortunately, it's not coming on day one and even though the platform will ship with Office support, even the Office apps themselves won't do copy and paste.

In the end the lack of copy and paste may turn out to be a good thing for the folks behind QuickOffice and Documents To Go. If they manage to implement copy and paste, they could see some serious sales on launch day.

One more thing: I want to give props to Jason Dunn of WindowsPhoneThoughts. Not only has he been passionately following every moment of this debacle and keeping me aware of many of its layers, but he has not been shy about his opinions either.