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Although the first SMS was sent by an engineer, from his computer to a mobile device on Vodafone's UK network, it was only in 1994 that Nokia launched a mobile phone that let people easily write messages. What Nokia made popular is today proving to be its Achilles Heel as a new generation of smartphones coupled with a proliferation of applications like BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Whats App relegate text messaging to just another service.

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1) What began as a computer to phone text messages became popular as SMS with the launch of phones and smartphones that have relegated it to just another service.

2) SMS which began in 1994 became popular with Nokia phones but have since been taken over by smartphones and various other applications.

3) SMS became popular after Nokia launched a mobile phone capable of writing text messages in 1994; however, today’s smartphones and several applications have made SMS redundant.

4) SMS became popular after Nokia launched mobile phones capable of writing messages in 1994 and later by the proliferation of smartphones and messaging applications.

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