Annoyance with WM5 behaviour related to number cut and paste

[cliffai]

Thought I'd throw this one in incase I'd missed something.

There appears to be some basic failings in the ability to cut and paste phone numbers between various applications on the WM phone.

Take the example that I receive a SMS text message from someone not in my contacts database.

I know who the person is and I want to create a new contact entry using the received phone number.

There appears to be no way of cutting or copying the phone number from the messaging section and pasteing it into a new Contact.

Or it may be that I already have an entry for the person I just don't have their mobile number number in the contact record (or what ever new number is received).

Have I missed a trick here - or indeed is this a limitation that exists. If there is a work around I'd love to know. i just have such an appauling memory for numbers that I couldn't even remember between flicking between applications - let alone the scope for error.

Thanks

[Ineedtoys]

Open the message (instead of just reading it from the list or notification window). You'll note that the From: field is already selected.
Press the Menu softkey, then Save to Contacts.
Simple as that :)

[cliffai]

OK so that allows you to create a new contact. Once you have them in contacts you can do a copy of the number and paste it into an original record. Then delete the new contact just created. Ideally I'd like to miss out the intermediate step of creating another new contact - for those where I know I already have a contact entry, but just not with that particular number.

[aage]

I agree with you.

There should be an extra choice after save to contact.
Like new contact/ add to contact.
The same with email. If i want to add an emailadres it makes a new contact.

An other problem i find is that copy/ paste is not always available when i select a text.
When I rename a file in file explorer I can't select the word and copy/paste by "tap and hold".
Now i use GSPocket Magic to copy/ paste

[cliffai]

You would have thought that on the, what is it, 3rd iteration of WM they could have sorted this out.

It is behaviour like this that can make all the diference between something that is really user friendly and something which is torturous.

Hopefully there are some influential people who read this that can feed it back to the powers that be.

[DocteurN]

You can try PQz fot copy/Paste : http://www.nicque.com/PQz/
This there too : http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=33343

[PayableOnDeath]

open up the message, where is says the from tap and drag on the screen to highlight the number then tap and hold on the highlighted but then when the menu opens click copy

:)