text messaging turned 20 today

the_tyrant · 12-03-12, 08:47 AM

Finnish engineer Matti Makkonen famously dreamed up the idea for the SMS (Short Message Service) in a Copenhagen pizza shop in 1984, and the first message ("Happy Christmas") was sent to a Vodafone UK cellphone from a PC on December 3, 1992. Since then, an estimated 8 trillion texts have been sent, and now the normally recalcitrant pioneer has given the BBC a rare interview (appropriately via text message), where he discussed "txtspk,' keypads vs. touchscreens, and the next big tech development.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/t...atti-makkinen/

Oddly enough, the world's first smartphone was released 5 days before the text message. The smartphone turned 20 5 days ago.

Jimbuna · 12-03-12, 09:03 AM

I seldom use texts, much prefer to talk.

Aces · 12-03-12, 09:09 AM

I know it's taken me two decades at the rate that I type to finish the $!$¬ text.

I started in 1992 but I've forgotten who I was sending the darned thing to now!

vienna · 12-03-12, 01:13 PM

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text messaging turned 20 today

OMG!!...

<O>

Sailor Steve · 12-03-12, 01:13 PM

I hate texting. I hate typing with my thumbs.

Gerald · 12-03-12, 01:20 PM

^Use the index finger instead, if you must text and send,

yubba · 12-03-12, 01:22 PM

Wow,,just came off of facebook, a freind posted a picture of a red corvette wedged under a tractor trailer ,, story goes the guy was test driving the car and was texting they found the phone in his hand and his head in the back seat... Ta da to stupid to live

Takeda Shingen · 12-03-12, 02:51 PM

My feelings on texting depend on the context. If it is work-related, I prefer texting. If it is a personal friend, I prefer talking.

Gerald · 12-03-12, 03:03 PM

Better to talk,

Jimbuna · 12-03-12, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

Better to talk,

I wouldn't have thought so at the rate of textual responses your making

Gerald · 12-03-12, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I wouldn't have thought so at the rate of textual responses your making

But in IRL it's different .. then there will be talks,and sometimes many calls for things to work well,

Jimbuna · 12-03-12, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

But in IRL it's different .. then there will be talks,and sometimes many calls for things to work well,

You mean like in a parallel universe kind of context?

12-03-12, 08:47 AM	#1
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	text messaging turned 20 today Finnish engineer Matti Makkonen famously dreamed up the idea for the SMS (Short Message Service) in a Copenhagen pizza shop in 1984, and the first message ("Happy Christmas") was sent to a Vodafone UK cellphone from a PC on December 3, 1992. Since then, an estimated 8 trillion texts have been sent, and now the normally recalcitrant pioneer has given the BBC a rare interview (appropriately via text message), where he discussed "txtspk,' keypads vs. touchscreens, and the next big tech development. http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/03/t...atti-makkinen/ Oddly enough, the world's first smartphone was released 5 days before the text message. The smartphone turned 20 5 days ago. __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

12-03-12, 09:03 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I seldom use texts, much prefer to talk. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-03-12, 09:09 AM	#3
Aces Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 211 Uploads: 0	I know it's taken me two decades at the rate that I type to finish the $!$¬ text. I started in 1992 but I've forgotten who I was sending the darned thing to now! __________________ Gamefront: http://tinyurl.com/bpbaeyl Mediafire: http://tinyurl.com/bn2aoqt YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/clvy94f RSS Feed: http://tinyurl.com/cpbbqv9 Blog: http://tinyurl.com/cv44x82

12-03-12, 01:13 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I hate texting. I hate typing with my thumbs. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-03-12, 01:20 PM	#6
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	^Use the index finger instead, if you must text and send, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

12-03-12, 01:22 PM	#7
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Wow,,just came off of facebook, a freind posted a picture of a red corvette wedged under a tractor trailer ,, story goes the guy was test driving the car and was texting they found the phone in his hand and his head in the back seat... Ta da to stupid to live

12-03-12, 02:51 PM	#8
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	My feelings on texting depend on the context. If it is work-related, I prefer texting. If it is a personal friend, I prefer talking.

12-03-12, 03:03 PM	#9
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Better to talk, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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