Let Me Be Frank About Windows Phone 7 Copy and Paste

For me, the lack of copy and paste functionality in Windows Phone 7 is the most perplexing and egregious. A fundamental strategy of mobile device operating systems is to require as little text input from users as possible. Tiny screens and tiny keyboards do not work well for entering long URLs and other complicated text. Copy and paste is fundamental on mobile phones because it decreases the amount of text entry, which is why there was such a loud cry from iPhone users when the iPhone OS did not support copy and paste.