According to Apple's documentation, "The UIPasteboard class enables an application to share data within the application or with another application using system

According to Apple's documentation, "The UIPasteboard class enables an application to share data within the application or with another application using system-wide or application-specific pasteboards." http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/Reference/UIPasteboard_Class/Reference.html http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#DOCUMENTATION/UIKit/... For a couple examples: OpenUDID and SecureUDID use UIPasteboard.