Editing Text messaging (section)

== In popular culture ==
=== Records and competition ===
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The ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' has a world record for text messaging, currently held by Sonja Kristiansen of Norway. Kristiansen keyed in the official text message, as established by Guinness, in 37.28 seconds.<ref name="tv2nyhetene.no">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/sonja-satte-smsverdensrekord-3008895.html |title=Sonja satte sms-verdensrekord &#124; TV 2 Nyhetene |publisher=Tv2nyhetene.no |date=14 November 2009 |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> The message is, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they seldom attack a human."<ref name="tv2nyhetene.no"/> In 2005, the record was held by a 24-year-old Scottish man, Craig Crosbie, who completed the same message in 48 seconds, beating the previous time by 19 seconds.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4370000/newsid_4372800/4372871.stm |work=BBC News | title=Fastest fingers top text record | date=22 March 2005 | access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> ''The Book of Alternative Records'' lists Chris Young of Salem, Oregon as the world-record holder for the fastest 160-character text message where the contents of the message are not provided ahead of time. His record of 62.3 seconds was set on 23 May 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alternativerecords.co.uk/recorddetails.asp?recid=283|title=Fastest Text Messager|work=The book of alternative records|access-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>

Elliot Nicholls of Dunedin, New Zealand currently holds the world record for the fastest blindfolded text messaging. A record of a 160-letter text in 45 seconds while blindfolded was set on 17 November 2007, beating the old record of 1-minute 26 seconds set by an Italian in September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/1452374/425827.xhtml|title=World's fastest texter in Dunedin |publisher= TECHNOLOGY News|work=Tvnz.co.nz|date=17 November 2007|access-date=5 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301060330/http://tvnz.co.nz/content/1452374/425827.xhtml|archive-date=1 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Andrew Acklin of Ohio is credited with the world record for most text messages sent or received in a single month, with 200,052. His accomplishments were first in the World Records Academy and later followed up by ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not 2010: Seeing Is Believing''. He has been acknowledged by The Universal Records Database for the most text messages in a single month; however, this has since been broken twice and as of 2010 was listed as 566607 messages by Fred Lindgren.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urdb.org/wr/text-messages-sent-or-received-single-month|title=Most Text Messages Sent or Received in a Single Month|website=The Universal Records Database|date=14 September 2010|access-date=15 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228070520/http://urdb.org/wr/text-messages-sent-or-received-single-month|archive-date=28 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2010, [[LG Electronics]] sponsored an international competition, the [[LG Mobile World Cup]], to determine the fastest pair of texters. The winners were a team from South Korea, Ha Mok-min and Bae Yeong-ho.<ref name="lgmobileworldcup">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/world/asia/28seoul.html|title=Rule of Thumbs: Koreans Reign in Texting World|last=Sang-hun|first=Choe|date=27 January 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=10 February 2010|location=Seoul}}</ref> On 6 April 2011, SKH Apps released an iPhone app, iTextFast, to allow consumers to test their texting speed and practice the paragraph used by ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]''. As of 2011, best time listed on Game Center for that paragraph is 34.65 seconds.<ref name="iTextFast">{{cite news|url=http://prmac.com/release-id-23943-search-itextfast.htm|title=World Record Texting Speed App – iTextFast|date=6 April 2011|work=PR Mac|access-date=6 April 2011|location=United States|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231315/http://prmac.com/release-id-23943-search-itextfast.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Morse code ===
A few competitions have been held between expert [[Morse code]] operators and expert SMS users.<ref name="Morse race">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article381748.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907120146/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article381748.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2008|title=A race to the wire as old hand at Morse code beats txt msgrs|work=[[The Times]]|date=16 April 2005|publisher=[[The Times|The Times Online]]|location=London}}</ref> Several mobile phones have Morse code ring tones and alert messages. For example, many [[Nokia]] mobile phones have an option to beep "S M S" in Morse code when it receives a short message. Some of these phones could also play the Nokia slogan "Connecting people" in Morse code as a message tone.<ref>{{cite web|author=eeggs.com |url=http://www.eeggs.com/items/31136.html |title=Nokia Mobile Phones Easter Eggs |publisher=Eeggs.com |date=21 November 2001 |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> There are third-party applications available for some mobile phones that allow Morse input for short messages.<ref name="Nokia Morse">{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050730025826/http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/01/nokia_app_lets_you_k.html |archive-date=2005-07-30 |url=http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/01/nokia_app_lets_you_k.html |title=Nokia app lets you key SMSes in Morse Code |date=1 June 2005 |work=[[Boing Boing]]}}</ref><ref name="O'Reilly Morse">{{cite web|url=http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050703022405/http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/7016|archive-date=3 July 2005|title=Back to the Future – Morse Code and Cellular Phones|work=oreillynet.com|date=28 June 2005|publisher=[[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly Network]]}}</ref><ref name="engadget Morse">{{Cite web |url=https://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000657035633/ |title=Nokia files patent for Morse Code-generating cellphone |date=12 March 2005 |work=[[Engadget]] |access-date=15 September 2017 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222044043/http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000657035633/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>