I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you can't undo text edits?

Re:I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you ca... by crazygringo on Thursday November 21, 2013 @12:58PM (#6776199)

I've had an iPhone for two years, and never even heard about undo before. I almost couldn't believe it when I tried shaking, and it actually worked. Talk about hidden features...

But typing is so much slower with an on-screen keyboard anyways, and I so rarely select text for anything but copy/paste, it has never once happened that I wished there was an undo.

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Re:I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you ca... by lejoko on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:28PM (#6776409)

Undo is not only for text! Delete an email message by mistake, or move it to wrong folder. Shake iPhone/iPad. The message is back... It's a killer feature for my 67 years old mother.

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Re:I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you ca... by aroch on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:27PM (#6776399)

Shake-to-undo was introduced at WWDC back in 2009 with iPhone OS 3.0 (along with copy&paste).

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Re:I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you ca... by Geee on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:31PM (#6776435)

Hah, maybe Samdung didn't copy the feature because they didn't notice it either. And thus, they don't have undo at all. Hilarious.

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Re:I tried Android, but couldn't switch. Did you know you ca... by code_duck on Thursday November 21, 2013 @01:38PM (#6776471)

This feature's presence or absence is more about Android and Google than a vendor such as 'Samdung'.

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