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One of the common complaints about Apple’s iPhone–and one that did not get solved with the launch of the iPhone 3G–is the lack of a copy-paste function. An independent developer, Zac White, has developed a copy and paste system called Open Clip that works across applications on Apple’s mobile device.

OpenClip is not an application for the iPhone that can be installed. Rather, it’s an open source framework that developers can integrate within their apps, giving them copy / paste functionality with other participating apps.
OpenClip uses a technique developed by Zac White. It utilizes a shared space on the iPhone. Applications that use the OpenClip framework can access this common area to write to and read from, allowing copy / paste between participating apps.

The main question is: will developers implement the framework when there’s speculation that Apple will be implementing its own system in the future? As pointed out in the FAQ, Apple has stated that while copy and paste is on its to-do list, it’s not a high priority, making it unclear just how long users will have to wait.