In a world where WhatsApp and iMessage are everywhere, texting is second nature. But it wasn’t always that way – 25 years ago the very first SMS text message was sent, marking the start of a new means ...

The first text message was sent to this model of phone - the Orbitel 901. The text message is celebrating its 30th birthday - the first was sent to a mobile phone by a Vodafone engineer in Berkshire ...

On December 3 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS message to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone. It simply read "Merry Christmas," and Jarvis had no way of replying. The idea of sending short ...

Monday marks 20 years since the first text message was sent to a mobile phone. The first SMS was sent on December 3, 1992, when a 22-year-old British engineer called Neil Papworth - an employee of the ...

If you get a message from a friend saying this will be their last text to you, then don’t be surprised. Texting could be on the way out after the growth in the number sent slowed to numbers not seen ...

Trillions of text messages are sent and received via SMS-enabled devices every day, but have you ever stopped to ask, “What is SMS, exactly?” One of the oldest forms of mobile messaging, SMS messages ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...

The next text message you receive could ruin your life. Increasingly, SMS messages are being used as a way of duping people into giving up their online accounts, and out of their identities and their ...

In a world first, on 3 December 1992, an engineer sent the message "Merry Christmas" from a PC to a mobile device using Vodafone's UK network. But the origins of the idea date back further to Matti ...