Merry Christmas" and was sent to Vodafone’s director Richard Jarvis in December 1992 after he helped develop the short message service (SMS).Now a virtual replica is going under the hammer via cryptocurrency.Jarvis might have been sent the first text message, but he couldn’t reply.
Engineer Neil Papworth typed it on a computer and sent it, but mobile phones didn’t have the ability to input text.Text messages originally had a 160-character limit so early adopters invented "txt spk", such as LOL (laughing out loud) and emoticons – symbols made from keyboard characters to show emotions.
These would later inspire the creation of the first emojis.Research has found 60% of people reply to a text within two minutes.
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