Monday, December 3, 2012

Texting turns 20

It's exactly 20 years since the first text message was sent to a mobile phone.

British engineer Neil Papworth was just 22 when he sent an SMS (Short Messaging Service) from his computer to a friend's Orbitel 901 mobile phone on December 3 1992.

The message read "Merry Christmas".

Mr Papworth was working for the technology company Sema at the time, as part of...

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How are old are you? The first text message just turned 20. It's hard to believe how the technology has changed in just two decades.

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