Though the concept is good.....but who will take the time to learn code!!??
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Don
In fact Nokia cell telephones are equipped with it afaik. Of course not the multitasting, that is over the top. But afterall learning to transmit the code is a lot easier then learning to receive it.
A few years ago there was a you tube recording of the Jay Leno show, that demonstrated that two hams dressed as telegraphers, one sending and one receiving (about 30 wpm with a bencher) were far more faster then two young guys, one of them was the champion text messaging on cell phones.
That does not say anything about typing a message in with a dot and a dash button . However on QRZ.com there was an advertisement showing a guy that got 40 wpm, that way, a speed that is probably impossible with cell phone pads with 12 numerical buttons including # and *.
Here is another link
http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/06/morse-code-trumps-sms-in-head-to-head-speed-texting-combat/