hm, here is the original iphone user guide for ios 3.1 > When you’re typing, you canalso double-tap to select a word. In read-only documents, such as webpages,

hm, here is the original iphone user guide for ios 3.1 > When you’re typing, you canalso double-tap to select a word. In read-only documents, such as webpages, or email or text messages you’ve received, touch and hold to select a word. Also, double tapping selects by words in editable notes vs by letter in read-only, so the OS will continue to fight you feeble attempts at trying to have a consistent experience!