O K I missed this article that appeared on Wired's  "Best tech moments of 2005".  Morse code is a more efficient manner of inputting data than  t9, or direct entry into a phone keypad.

As an ex ham,  when  I moved from the UK I never pursued a licence here in the US, that's familiar with morse it's nice to see a personal prejudice vindicated. T9 and other predictive systems on our small devices have on the whole failed to live up to their promise.  Unless you promised a tortous UI suited to eight year old in which case I concede you have a point.

 Morse, all I need is a finger, or two if iambic keyers are your thing, and you can party like it's 1899. Actually I long for any age where  "Wut" was considered anything other than grossly ignorant.