The first text message was sent on this day in 1992 by then a 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth to wish “Merry Christmas” to his colleague.
“It didn’t feel momentous at all. For me it was just getting my job done on the day and ensuring that our software that we’d been developing for a good year was working OK.”
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-sms-text-message-sent
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I love these stories, but the first message actually transmitted was more likely along the lines of “what about now?” or “test payload 7”.
@[email protected] Hah, I was wondering about that too.