What did Neil Papworth invent
No, i simply sent the first text message.This may seem like an inconsequential greeting, but those 15 characters made up the first ever text message sent to a mobile phone.I studied computing and started my career at ferranti international in bracknell, designing and programming a movable vehicle satellite antenna and implementing software for automated helicopter landing aids.That man was neil papworth, who was one of a team of engineers working with mobile giants vodafone back in 1992.A lot has changed in a quarter century.
We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us.I typed the message on a computer keyboard and sent it to an orbitel 901 handset.Mobile phones didn't have keyboards at the time, so papworth had to type the message.The first text message was transmitted dec.