Comments on: History of the 160 Character Text Message http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/05/06/history-of-the-160-character-text-message/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/05/06/history-of-the-160-character-text-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 Paul Wed, 06 May 2009 15:42:17 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2825#comment-1565 The earliest mass-produced mobile email device was NTT Docomo's i-mode phone launched in Japan in late 1998. It too had a 150 character limit. I remember my friends getting very frustrated with the length of my messages and my insistence that they keep their points brief in their replies. Over 10 years later, what goes around, comes around. The earliest mass-produced mobile email device was NTT Docomo’s i-mode phone launched in Japan in late 1998. It too had a 150 character limit. I remember my friends getting very frustrated with the length of my messages and my insistence that they keep their points brief in their replies.

Over 10 years later, what goes around, comes around.

]]> By: Drew Neil http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/05/06/history-of-the-160-character-text-message/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Drew Neil Wed, 06 May 2009 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/?p=2825#comment-1563 Funnily enough, since SMS became mainstream, I have found it much easier to compose a message for a postcard! Funnily enough, since SMS became mainstream, I have found it much easier to compose a message for a postcard!

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