EOTO Com Tech Timeline

 

EOTO Com Tech Timeline

I researched the first SMS Text which was started in 1964 by Matti Makkonen when he decided to pitch the concept called text message to every cellphone network but only one was interested. In 1984 the first SMS (Short Message Service) was made by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert, the message was restricted to 160 characters per message so it could fit the signaling formats. The first text was sent in 1992 by a young test engineer named Neil Papworth who was texting his friend Richard Jarvis a simple message saying, “Merry Christmas” and that was the first time in history anyone did something called “text”. But it doesn’t end there… In 1993 Brennan Hayden who was an engineer for
a Irish wireless company named Aldiscon sent the first “commercial text message”. Following Papworth & Hayden in 1993 Nokia decided to get behind the SMS movement and was the first cellphone company to have texting feature as an option on their cell phones. Following the newfound excitement for texting, 1997 Nokia released a phone with a keyboard specifically designed for texting and that is where it all began. It’s hard to believe looking back that the iPhone 12 came from a small Nokia. If it weren’t for Makkonen life would be completely different from the way children develop to the way we work, keep up with the news and have a social life while remaining busy with other everyday things such as school and work. Imagine if there was no SMS created you wouldn’t be able to text 911 if you’re in a dangerous situation and can’t speak on the phone, or imagine if you can no longer text the code of the week to chipotle in order for you to get free guac on your next visit. The way technology has evolved is hard to believe but without SMS we would be back to square one… sending a message in a bottle.