The more I read about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7, the more I think senior staff at the company should cut down on the gin. For being utterly drunk is the only explanation other than outright incompetence regarding the direction of its mobile platform.

In tried and tested Microsoft fashion, Redmond has got its photocopier out, and is creating its own iPhone. The only problem is that Microsoft appears to be copying Apple circa 2009, hence its decision to omit copy and paste from Windows Phone 7 (source: Engadget).

Microsoft’s reasoning is that most users don’t really need clipboard functionality. Most users don’t “really need” Windows Phone 7 either, so maybe Microsoft should just cancel the whole thing and buy Palm.