How to copy contact information into a text message on the iPhone
iPhone 3.0 features copy and paste. Hurrah! But at first glance, it still seems like there’s no way to easily send someone a text message (SMS) with information inserted from your contacts. In a world where not everyone has an iPhone or even a smart phone, the ability to text a phone number to someone (“Here’s Luke’s number: 647…”) is useful. My ancient Nokia dumbphone had this feature, but somehow it escaped Apple’s purview.
There is a way to do this with iPhone 3.0 though. It’s somewhat cumbersome, but it works.
Open a contact in your address book.
Tap Edit.
Tap the info you want to copy.
Double tap on the text to start the copy feature, and adjust the beginning/end doohickies as needed.
Tap Copy.
Press the home button, and tap Messages.
Start your message.
Double tap on the edit box, and choose Paste.
Tell your friends! Phone number -> text message in only 8 — count ‘em — 8 steps.
