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=== 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 β 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>
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