Weve come a long way since the first text message was sent.

What's the first text message ever sent. Software engineer Neil Papworth was working for Vodafone when he wrote. The worlds first text message is sent Twenty two years ago a developer working in Newbury Berkshire sent a two-word text message marking the start of a whole new way of. If you ever need evidence of how quickly technology has advanced just think about the fact the first text message ever was sent just 25 years ago.

3 December 1992. Httpbitly29ZiI8BThanks to Allison Rose for being the Fancy LadyTh. That very first text sent on the 3rd December 1992 simply said Merry Christmas.

Theyre ubiquitous now but the very first text message was sent in December 1992 containing just two words. In honor of the anniversary of the first text message here are nine of the most famous text messages ever sent. We have Ray Tomlinson to thank for initiating the incredible new era of communication that we now enjoy he sent the First email in 1971.

British engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS Short. Here is what the first ever message said. I hope you loved this video.

It was from his personal computer to the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis. Neil Papworth a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group now Airwide Solutions sent the first text message to a mobile phone on December 3 1992. Please Subscribe to me.

Neil had been working as a developer and test engineer to create a Short Message Service SMS for his client Vodafone. Speaking to the Today Programmes Sarah Montague Neil Papworth - the phone engineer who sent the very first text from. Engineer Neil Papworth sent the first.