25 years since the first text message in history

Today we It is impossible to imagine life without cell phonesThese little devices changed the world with their arrival. They gave us instant communication. Twenty-five years ago, a “Merry Christmas” message became the first text message in history.

Its acronyms are SMS, what does it mean Short Message Service, what is translated Short Message Service. And it was invented in 1985 by Matti Makkonen, along with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). An SMS message It consists of an alphanumeric string of up to 140 characters or 160.

Merry Christmas in text message

Although it was invented in 1985, the first message was sent on December 3, 1992. He did it Engineer Neil Papworth who worked at a technology company. He referred it from a computer to a mobile device, the text message said Merry Christmas.

“He was a young engineer working on new communication technologies. And “I thought SMS was a clever way for company employees to message each other,” Papworth explained during a conference.

However, It was in 1999 when the use of text messages became popular. by mobile phone operators. This new system for communicate quickly and personally brought with it a complete cultural change.

Since then Text messaging is used approximately 516 billion times around the world each month.It's even the basis for one of the most popular apps on the planet: WhatsApp.

Fun Facts

•  Men send more messages than women, although their SMS are shorter.
• Sending messages It is the second use we give to the cell phone, the first is to look at the time.
• The Guinness record for the fastest text message written is held by Marcel Fernandes. Who in 18.19 seconds typed a pre-selected 25-word paragraph on a touchscreen. “Sharp-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In fact, they almost never attack humans,” the message read.

Without a doubt, the text message changed the worldA text message can bring a smile to our faces, even save a life in time. Tell us your best texting story in the comments. 

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