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  • SMS parties down on 15th birthday... again

    Filed under: Culture , Messaging Ever wondered what it'd be like to have two birthdays in a single year? If so, just phone up, er, text SMS -- it's living the dream , baby! Apparently, the first "recorded text message" was sent from software engineer Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone, on December 3, 1992, which is arguably the birthday of SMS as we know it. Granted, the Short Message Service Center has been around just a hair longer, but without an official birth certificate tied to either, who are we to argue? So, here's to you (yet again), dear text messaging, but if you really try to sneak a third shindig in before the year's up, don't look to us to provide another round of hors d'oeuvres. [Via TGDaily , image courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald ] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

  • Text messaging celebrates 15 years of debilitating thumbs

    Filed under: Culture , Messaging Just days after the IBM ThinkPad threw a shindig for its 15th, now we've reason to don our party hats once more for yet another notable birthday . The mobile phone industry is celebrating the 15th year of the Short Message Service Center (SMSC), which was the "principal application behind text messaging first brought to market by Acision in 1992." Over the years, the basic SMSC box has evolved into an IP-based SMS architecture, and while early iterations had a capacity of ten messages per second, current setups can handle a nearly infinite amount ( good thing , huh?). So here's to you, dear SMS, and while we certainly hope you manage to hang around another 15 years or so, how's about cooling off the perpetual price increases along the way? [Thanks, John] Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

  • Happy birthday, SMS!

    Kudos to the Short Message Service Center (SMSC) on their 15th year of operation. The year was 1992. Lycra and shoulder pads were hip. Nirvana topped the charts. Rodney King case sparks LA riots. And, Acision launches their SMSC platform. It’s been 15 years and the SMS phenomenon that started off with a maximum capacity of 10 messages per second, has increased to over 16,000 message per second per SMSC application - and earns virtually every mobile operator a significant chunk of change each year. Our hats off to you, SMS text messages. You’ve come a long way, baby. [Via: Cellular News ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Happy birthday Palm PilotHappy Birthday Opera MiniHappy birthday to Nokia Research CenterWith Cingular? Want to get out of your contract?Sending SMS for free

  • Virgin Mobile celebrate birthday with SMS giveaway

    Link: Virgin Mobile celebrates birthday with free SMS offer Happy Birthday to Virgin Mobile’s South Africa operation - they celebrated their first year in the market on Friday. And to say thank you to their customers, they’re offering free Virgin to Virgin SMS until this coming Sunday (June 30th). Peter Boyd, CEO of Virgin Mobile SA, has also [...]
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