On the Copy and Paste Bandwagon?

The ability to copy and paste has become one of the most desired features of the phone. It's easy to see, after using the device, how implementing copy and past could be a challenge, but other touch screen phones have had copy and paste. No pass for Apple here. In the past, Apple has basically said there's no reason they haven't done it and would consider it. That's Apple talk for "we're working on it, but we're not admitting it". The rumor mills, on sites like MacRumors, are reporting copy and paste is finally destined for the iPhone and will be announced this Tuesday at Apple's iPhone 3.0 event. I often here from others how they wish the iPhone had copy and paste. I was one of those when I had the device myself. However, there are phone features that are sorely needed and surpass the copy and paste feature. Copy and paste is a convenience feature and who doesn't like those, but there are other things about the iPhone or its integration with the desktop that I would much rather see fixed first. There's no way to sync iCal or Outlook To Dos with the iPhone. That's an issue. The positive about Apple's attention on copy and paste is that Apple is listening to users. As much as I don't see copy and paste as important relative to other features - I know others do. The 3.0 release is bound to offer an abundance of features above copy and paste. 3.0 will hopefully bring the type of dramatic change the phone needs to build upon its strengths yet offer the feature set that's appropriate for a modern day/next generation phone. More of my thoughts tomorrow.