30 years ago the very first text message in history was sent. And its content is close to the last message you sent at Christmas!
As Infobip reveals, SMS remains a popular means of communication for French people of all generations. This survey shows that 59% of respondents plan to send in the next 30 years. It was precisely three decades ago, on December 3, 1992, that the very first SMS (for Short Message Service “) has been sent. A message that you also sent at Christmas, explanations!
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“Merry Christmas”
Our SMS have been enriched. Now unlimited operators, these messages are accompanied by images, videos, voice or even emojis. Not to mention manufacturers who offer popular applications like iOS with iMessage. But originally, SMS was limited to a handful of characters.
If the first SMS in the history resembles your last message sent, it is because December 3, 1992developer Neil Papworth was sending, from a computer to a phone, the following message: Merry Christmas ».
Either ” Merry Christmas “, as many sent it last December 25for those who do not master the language of Shakespeare.
But the authorship of the SMS is shared! If Neil Papworth sent the first message in history, this technology comes from Matti Makonen’s research in 1984. According to him, the first real SMS dates rather from 1994 or the release of the Nokia 2010. A phone capable of sending and receiving messages, a revolution!
SMS is not dead
According to an expert from the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Crédoc), SMS is far from dead. According to him, this communication format remains “ the most used during the downtime of smartphone owners […] Even if young people, 80% of whom take advantage of their free time to write an SMS, can prioritize voice SMS “.
Éric Carrell, co-founder of the pager, a technology eclipsed by the SMS, is formal: “ I do not think so [que le SMS] is dead and we tend to say that it is immortal because it is automatically present on all telephones. It is universal and it is for this fundamental reason he still has a bright future with use in new sectors such as medicine “. Éric Carrell founded Invoxia and Withings, companies dedicated to connected health.
