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160 characters
1985, Friedhelm Hillebrand who lived in Germany who decided that 160 characters was enough -
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text messageing
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first text message sent
1989 by Edward Lantz the first text message was sent through a Motorola beeper -
first SMS messaging was used in a commercial
In the United Kingdom, the first SMS messaging was used in a commercial sent through a Vodafone sent by Neil Papworth with the use of a desktop computer contains the word Merry Christmas which was sent to Richard Jarvis from Vodafone through a handset device model Orbitel 901 -
texting growing
Using the cell phone market as an example, the growth of text messaging is nothing short of remarkable. -
Acacia, a mortgage company
Joffe's cellular telephone rang. discovered he had received an unrequested text message solicitation from Acacia, a mortgage company -
longer text messages
Nokia says it will allow for longer text messages than previous models and will also support distribution lists, meaning you can send a message -
ext voting on tv
text voting in the US, it has never generated the volume of messaging seen since American Idol's premier on January 28, 2003. -
american idol fans cast their votes
Mar 14, 2005 Recognized as an industry pioneer and leading creator of successful mobile marketing campaigns, Mobliss again enables "American Idol" fans to cast their votes via text messaging -
americans texting
Americans fired off text messages at a record pace
