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DID YOU KNOW?The first textmessage, sent in1992, said "MerryChristmas".TECHsomanyfacts.com

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The first text message, sent in 1992, said "Merry Christmas".

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Engineer Neil Papworth sent it from a computer to a mobile phone on the Vodafone network in the UK on 3 December 1992.

Source: SMS (Wikipedia)

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