Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Why there is only 160 characters available for SMS

This is a question I often hear, "Why there is only 160 characters available for SMS?"

I came across this excellent explanation and I just had to share it with everone!

The LA Times Blog interviews German communications researcher Friedhelm Hillebrand, the gentleman who figured out how to transmit and display text messages on cell phones to explain the 160 character limit.