is there any way to extend selection option like the iPhone?

[No1up]

On my iPhone I can select a word and it gives me the option to look up the definition, this is an option I use a lot, I'm wondering my my nexus has this option or can get it somehow? Is there an app, or an option extender? Right now its cut, copy, paste.

 

[SiempreTuna]

I suspect that may have been another thing that was available prior to the iPhone but Apple somehow managed to get patented - like tapping a number in a message to make a call.

You could try some searching Play for dictionary apps, see if anything adds that sort of functionality - sometimes app makers are less constrained by patents than companies that are actually worth suing.

 

[chanchan05]

Yup. It's another Apple patent. Android can't use a universal dictionary because of it. It may be done inside some apps though. For example, in a browser, one of the possible options for selecting a word is "web search", thus getting a definition. For ebooks, the reader you are using should support it. Mantano Reader and ezPDF support ColorDict, so it can use that do define highlighted words.

 

[out of ideas]

I suspect that may have been another thing that was available prior to the iPhone but Apple somehow managed to get patented - like tapping a number in a message to make a call.

i can tap a phone number in a message and it brings up the dialer with the number programmed in.

yours doesnt do this?

 

[chanchan05]

i can tap a phone number in a message and it brings up the dialer with the number programmed in.

yours doesnt do this?

If you are using a third party app, it can do that. But if you are in the US, that was removed in th stock messaging app.

 

[out of ideas]

If you are using a third party app, it can do that. But if you are in the US, that was removed in th stock messaging app.

stock GB.

well a custom ROM i made, but its built off stock. No changes to mms, cept the color of the notification icon.

weird, when did it get changed? and that would drive me nuts.

 

[chanchan05]

stock GB.

well a custom ROM i made, but its built off stock. No changes to mms, cept the color of the notification icon.

weird, when did it get changed? and that would drive me nuts.

Ah, GB. Apple won the patent case by the time ICS was released. All later phones were then updated to remove that feature. BrandedGB phones released after that point (like low end HTC and Samsung) got the feature removed. But stock GB was unaffected because, well, Google wasn't building GB anymore at the time.