iPhone Copy-Paste Solution Clippy Updated

Clippy, hClipboard and Copier are three different copy-paste solutions for iPhone. While the debate over which is better continues, the makers of Clippy have recently updated their solution for copying and pasting text on the iPhone. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to be reporting a good experience with the new version of the tool.

Weeks ago, Clippy received an update that gave it the ability to copy text that was not necessarily in the text field of received text messages. The release also added a new stack clipboard.

However, users over at Modmyi forums reported that “The new double tap to copy is finicky when it comes to accurately double tap and where you exactly want to start copying. hClipboard does a better job at copying specific lines of text,” and that “Clippy always shows the menu bar over the text window in sms, so I have to take an additional step to click close in order to see what number or punctuation I am typing,” one user said.

While these issues haven't been confirmed as fixed, new posts have shown divided responses to a newer version of Clippy.

One user added, “I agree I like the new version better. I just HATE that it crashes safari [sic] when I use it. I'm sure this will be fixed soon.” Several others found that the popup came up too often accidentally while just deleting mail.

However, there have also been quite a few satisfied users.

“The new clippy is so much better u can now just hold on recent calls and copy or many many different ways to copy and paste then [sic] before the new version owns,” another Clippy fan posted.

Readers should note that Clippy is not an Apple-approved application. The tool allows copy-paste functionality on the iPhone, something Apple failed to implement ever since the release of the first-generation handset. The tool requires users to jailbreak, access an online repository, download the tool and have it installed using additional software that isn't approved by Apple.

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