The “Special” tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for “SMS”. Similarly, the “Ascending” SMS tone is Morse code for “Connecting People,” Nokia’s slogan. The “Standard” SMS tone is Morse code for “M” (Message).
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Nice, good information.
yup .. i knew that long time ago :)
but thanks for reminding me :D
thats pretty cool!
didnt know that.. interesting
the brain has a finite capacity for information. my brain was full, so now i know this about nokia i think i’ve forgotten how to do something really important…
And I heard about a ringtone that is designed in a way that its soundwaves wont be heard by people over the age of 25 and younger than 10!
if anyone knows anything about it, please link us!
its called the mosquitto and i have it somewhere at home. I could hear it and i am 28, my parents couldnt though.
I tought morse code for SOS was … — … and not the annoying “beep beep, beep beep” that you get from every Nokia phone…
its the morse code for SMS not SOS
Mark, try this:
http://www.mistupid.com/military/morse.htm
make your own “morse codes” :)
thats a cool link iDip. love the way it translates and then plays!
how come when i put SMS in the translator it sounds totally different than the nokia one?
coz its adding “sandnigger” at the end of everything you say….automatically….the intelligent system adds that by default…LOL