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Text-Messaging Turns 15

by Terrence O'Brien on July 30, 2007 at 07:37 AM

Texting Turns 15Ah text messaging, what would us phone shy individuals do with out you. This month marks the 15th-anniversary of the debut of the life changing service. Text messaging is part of the new wave of communication that is quickly destroying more traditional methods, like e-mail, and phone calls... and of course snail mail (a.k.a. the kind that come from the U.S. Post Office), which exists only to send you coupons and bills at this point.

The popularity of devices such as the Sidekick and the LG enV illustrate how texting has become one of the killer features of cell phones.

When the technology was launched back in 1992, the Short Message Service Center (SMSC), produced by Acision, could only handle 10 text messages per second. Now, thankfully, the SMS systems can handle an almost unlimited capacity.

Happy Birthday SMS! We don't know what we'd do with out you.

From Engadget

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Tags: cell phone, CellPhone, communication, lg enV, LgEnv, mobile, sidekick, sms, text messaging, texting, TextMessaging

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