First text sent 20 years ago...

[volmanbill]

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Message. You're Now Past Your Prime! - ABC News

It was 20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was Dec. 3, 1992, and Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK, sent the world's first short message service or SMS. It read "Merry Christmas."

 

[ATC_VOL]

Didn't realize texting was created that long ago.

 

[volinbham]

The first sext was probably the same day.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

The first sext was probably the same day.

Probably took longer to get there, since there was more hair involved. :whistling:

 

[VOLtownUSA]

Kinda funny, I'm twenty and have never sent a text :lol:

 

[tumscalcium]

Kinda funny, I'm twenty and have never sent a text :lol:

Are you Amish? Do they know you're now using some sort of electronic computing device?

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Are you Amish? Do they know you're now using some sort of electronic computing device?

This.

 

[trevols81]

Kinda funny, I'm twenty and have never sent a text :lol:

wuh???

 

[YankeeVol]

Kinda funny, I'm twenty and have never sent a text :lol:

How is that possible? You do realize it's 2012 right?

 

[YorkVol]

1992 was not that long ago.

 

[volinbham]

1992 was not that long ago.

no it wasn't

 

[9296potsguy]

Happy 20th Birthday, Text Message. You're Now Past Your Prime! - ABC News

Surprised that historians have not revised this to "Happy Holidays"

 

[Greg_mc]

The second text was probably "Who sent this?"

 

[rockytop114]

not true i text on a pager before then

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