Yes, 20 years ago today the simple text message (SMS) was born. On 3 December 1992 a 22-year-old British engineer called Neil Papworth used his computer to send the message “Merry Christmas” to an Orbitel 901 mobile phone. Things have moved a long way since then with SMS messaging now part of our daily lives, [...]
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Text Messaging Turns 20 Years Old Today. Will It Make Another 5 Though?
Posted by Rob Gordon on December 3rd, 2012
iMessage vs BBM
Posted by Rebecca Wilcock on October 17th, 2011
Apple’s launch of the iOS5 includes a new feature called iMessage, which allows iOS 5 users to send free unlimited texts via Wi-Fi or 3G from any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to other iOS 5 users. This new Apple messaging service comes while rival Blackberry, whose BBM service functions in the same way between [...]
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Tags: Apple, bbm, blackberry, imessage, rim 
iOS5 Focus: How To Use iMessage on iPhone and iPad or iPod Touch
Posted by Rob Gordon on October 14th, 2011
If you’ve managed to get your devices upgraded to iOS5 in spite of the numerous difficulties at launch, one of the features you’re probably interested in trying out is the new iMessage system. iMessage replaces traditional text messaging, allowing messages to be sent to iPhone’s and non 3G devices such as the iPod Touch or [...]
iOS5 Focus: Camera Button On Lockscreen
Posted by Rob Gordon on August 22nd, 2011
iOS5 is bringing many new features to Apples mobile operating system, some have got more press than others like iCloud, the Notification Centre and iMessage. There are lots of smaller features that haven’t got as much attention though, some of them very useful. Today I’m taking a quick look at the addition of the camera [...]
