Gadgets 360 With Technical Guruji: Did You Know? [January 27, 2024]

Did you know that the world's first SMS was sent in 1992, when the internet was still slow and primitive? It was the brainchild of Matti Makkonen, a technology innovator from Finland, who wanted to create a way for people to send short messages with their mobile phones. He collaborated with other talented people and worked to make short messages a reality. The challenge was to make the messages concise and clear. The first SMS was sent on December 3, 1992, by Neil Papworth, a developer, who sent a "Merry Christmas" message from a computer to a mobile phone. But back then, mobile phones were large and cumbersome, and typing was a struggle. Neil's message opened the door to the world of texting we enjoy today as SMS and texting became a global phenomenon.