Who invented text messaging??

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

http://www.160characters.org/news.php?action=view&nid=1541
I heard about that a couple years ago, thought it was funny...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

A lot of IM slang has found its way into Morse and on the air...kinda weird to be listening and hear a "meh" come out of nowhere, lol

Hahaha. What kind of phones were the kids using?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

No idea...didn't hear about that. Obviously something like a Blackberry with a keyboard would be fastest...I'd bet those telegraph operators were doing 60+ wpm, which sounds like an Uzi in a drive by...

I can maybe manage 20 wpm on a good day, maybe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

No idea...didn't hear about that. Obviously something like a Blackberry with a keyboard would be fastest...I'd bet those telegraph operators were doing 60+ wpm, which sounds like an Uzi in a drive by...
I can maybe manage 20 wpm on a good day, maybe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Im slow, but it wasnt my job, just something I wanted to try. listening and writing was easier to me though.

 

[mannyb18b]

I got low 30's on the last computer test I did but had a few errors...

 

[mannyb18b]

ok alot of errors

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

my phone (T mobile MDA) does not break up incoming messages @ 160 char's.
only outgoing.

Same with all phones, its still broken up because that's the way SMS has to work, your phone just re-joins them.

 

[Team Hammer 10+ year member]

Very few people here know what life is like without broadband internet, much less 400 baud modems or green sceen terminals //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Yea, It was like Cup and String or smoke and blanket:laugh:

I still can still see those modem strings, I had to type in to keep from typing the whole thing out everytime I connected. Oh and that modem hand shake sound was way to cool.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

Al Gore did it shortly after inventing the interweb

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