(WHTM) Somebody not answering their phone? Send them a text message. Having a silly conversation with a friend? Send text messages. Having a serious discussion and want to preserve a written record?

The first text message was transmitted Dec. 3, 1992. Engineer Neil Papworth typed "merry Christmas" on a computer and sent the first SMS message... The First Text Message Celebrates 25 Years The First ...

On this day 35 years ago, the first SMS text message - a simple, two-word greeting, was sent by an engineer to a work colleague’s phone via Vodafone’s network. It was at Vodafone House, the ...