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.

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