The first SMS text was sent by Neil Papworth, then a 22-year-old communications engineer working in the United Kingdom. Papworth’s SMS — Short Messaging Service — text was sent from a PC (phones didn’t yet have keyboards) to a friend at a holiday party across town and read simply, “Merry Christmas.” Here, a brief history of the humble beginnings and ensuing explosion of texting: 1984: An Idea is Born Sitting at a typewriter at his…
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