Have you ever thought of being able to copy&paste on iPhone or iPod Touch? Apple announced that this feature will be a part of the firmware 3.0, which will be introduced somewhen in summer. For those who can’t wait is here the Clippy app. This app enables you to copy&paste on the iPhone and also iPod Touch. The only limitation is that you have to have the Cydia app, which is only avalible on the jailbroken iPhones. You can’t find Clippy on the Appstore ‘cause Apple is against this kind of utilities.
I’d now like to describe how to install it ‘cause I had some problems with finding it in Cydia. First, you need to have the iSpazio repo in your sources. If you don’t have it than go to Manage (in Cydia), click Edit and Add. Then use this source: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt and click Add source. After that go to Sections (the bottom menu in Cydia) and click Edit. Find the System cat and turn it ON. Now search for Clippy and it should appear.
The usage of Clippy is pretty simple and intuitive (and also pretty awesome at the same time). Normally when you hold a finger on the screen, the magnifier appears. Holding the finger for a bit longer brings a menu where you can select whether you want to copy or paste or view the stack. The clipboard works through the applications. That means that you can copy some text from a web page and paste it into your notes and save.
Obviously there were many hours spent on programming Clippy, so I'm quite curious with what Apple comes in the firmware 3.0.
I’d now like to describe how to install it ‘cause I had some problems with finding it in Cydia. First, you need to have the iSpazio repo in your sources. If you don’t have it than go to Manage (in Cydia), click Edit and Add. Then use this source: http://ispaziorepo.com/cydia/apt and click Add source. After that go to Sections (the bottom menu in Cydia) and click Edit. Find the System cat and turn it ON. Now search for Clippy and it should appear.
The usage of Clippy is pretty simple and intuitive (and also pretty awesome at the same time). Normally when you hold a finger on the screen, the magnifier appears. Holding the finger for a bit longer brings a menu where you can select whether you want to copy or paste or view the stack. The clipboard works through the applications. That means that you can copy some text from a web page and paste it into your notes and save.
Obviously there were many hours spent on programming Clippy, so I'm quite curious with what Apple comes in the firmware 3.0.
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