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Old 12-03-2012, 08:13 PM   #1
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First text message ever - sent 20 years ago today

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Published Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 9:19PM EST

Exactly 20 years ago, a young British engineer named Neil Papworth sent the world?s first text message from a computer to his boss?s cellphone.

It read: ?Merry Christmas? and revolutionized the way we communicate.

Today, an estimated 2,500 text messages are sent every second in Canada alone. As bulky mobile phones of the 1990s evolved into multi-tasking smartphones, text messaging has become part of our daily interactions.

But when Papworth sent that Christmas greeting on Dec. 3, 1992, he never imagined he?d make history.

?For me, I was doing a day?s work and I just thought: ?OK, if this thing works, what am I doing tomorrow??? Papworth, who now lives in Montreal, told CTV News.

He was 22 years old at the time of the inaugural text, working as a software engineer for the British company Vodafone to improve pager and cellphone messaging systems at a time when few people even carried cellphones.

Papworth typed out ?Merry Christmas? on an office computer and sent it to his boss?s cellphone ? a clunky piece of technology by today?s standards.

?The person I sent it to -- Richard Jarvis -- he was at a Vodaphone Christmas party and what else are you going to send to someone at a Christmas party?" Papworth said.

?I used to talk to my friends about what I do, and they?re like: ?Text what?? No one had a mobile phone back then,? he said.

Of course, that all changed with rapid improvements in technology and the increased affordability of cellphones.

A recent World Bank study estimated that about three quarters of the world?s population now has access to a cellphone. Trillions of text messages are sent around the globe every day.

Texting now dominates the way young people, especially teenagers, communicate. A U.S. Pew Internet study recently found that about 63 per cent of teens text on a daily basis, with some sending as many as 100 text messages per day.

However, one expert says texting may soon become a thing of the past, as more people turn to instant-messaging and voice-messaging apps on their smartphones.

?Some people say text messaging has passed its peak,? Fletcher Lu, a professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, told CTV News Channel Monday.

For Papworth, the ubiquity of texting is still somewhat baffling, even after all these years.

?I think, where do people get the time to send them?I mean, I send 10 or 15 a week.?

Papworth said he?s never sent any texts he regrets, but he does wish he could have texted one important message years ago.

?One of the ones that I wanted to send was to my wife -- I wanted to propose to her,? he said.

?But I realized she didn't have a phone.?

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/man-w...rity-1.1064598
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:26 PM   #2
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Glad it wasn't "where u at?"
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:27 PM   #3
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20 years only? looks like 50 to me ...
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:38 PM   #4
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Kids these days watch movies made 20 years ago and say, "Why didn't the guy just use his cell to call for ?
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Old 12-03-2012, 08:40 PM   #5
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oh yeah like kojak always running to the nearest phone boot
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Old 12-04-2012, 08:41 AM   #6
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Old 12-04-2012, 08:45 AM   #7
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Imagine reading this article, then going outside for a walk. A teenager is sending a text to her BFF while driving, and she drives up on the sidewalk and runs you over, mashing your skull into a jelly. You had just read about something created 20 years ago today, then you get killed by it on the same day.
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Old 12-04-2012, 08:47 AM   #8
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Imagine reading this article, then going outside for a walk. A teenager is sending a text to her BFF while driving, and she drives up on the sidewalk and runs you over, mashing your skull into a jelly. You had just read about something created 20 years ago today, then you get killed by it on the same day.
wooow man i want smoke it too ...
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Old 12-04-2012, 08:58 AM   #9
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does not sound a lot
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I can't believe it's been 20 years already.
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I met him in Montreal at the QwebecExpo a few years back, 2008 I think. Nice guy, pretty shy and still working for the same company.
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pretty crazy how much texting has taken off in the past few years.

back in 2001, I had this texting/web only device. had a mini keyboard and you could send messages and connect to AIM. i thought it was stupid and dropped it after 2 months.
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pretty crazy how much texting has taken off in the past few years.

back in 2001, I had this texting/web only device. had a mini keyboard and you could send messages and connect to AIM. i thought it was stupid and dropped it after 2 months.
America did not know sms for a long time, it was huge in the world at one time, but in US they did not know what it was.
I was reading some article where it was written that American Idol or similar contest introduced sms texting to US public (they had to vote via text or something)
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i heard that the original msg was "i like poo"
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Old 12-04-2012, 05:10 PM   #18
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i heard that the original msg was "i like poo"
More like "I can't afford to text".
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America did not know sms for a long time, it was huge in the world at one time, but in US they did not know what it was.
I was reading some article where it was written that American Idol or similar contest introduced sms texting to US public (they had to vote via text or something)
i had to teach someone from Canada SMS when i was in Miami 2004
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does not sound a lot
That was in Canada alone though
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Old 12-07-2012, 11:32 PM   #21
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I think i sent my first sms unintentionally :p
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