Did you know? Text messages are limited to 160 characters because a communications researcher named Friedham Hillebrand sat down at his typewriter and wrote out a series of sentences and questions, deciding that 160 characters was enough to express a meaningful message. The creators of Twitter later followed suit and limited the "tweet" to 140 characters (keeping 20 for the user's address). source
Did you know? Text messages are limited to 160 characters because a communications researcher named Friedham Hillebrand sat down at his typewriter and wrote out a series of sentences and questions, deciding that 160 characters was enough to express a meaningful message. The creators of Twitter later followed suit and limited the "tweet" to 140 characters (keeping 20 for the user's address). source