On the receiving end of that Merry Christmas text was Vodafone executive Richard Jarvis. Jarvis read it on his Orbitel 901 cell phone, a phone that weighed more than 4 and a half pounds.

The first text was sent two decades ago, on December 3rd, by a software engineer named Neil Papworth. He texted the director of Vodafone, Richard Jarvis, who got the words “Merry Christmas ...

Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards. But in Victorian ... they certainly do. Merry Christmas - and ...

The first text message was sent to this model of phone ... It was sent in order to test out the tech, and read "Merry Christmas". Neil Papworth sent it to one of the firm's bosses, Richard ...

"Without the very first 'Merry Christmas' sent to a cell phone, our world would be less connected today." The sale, being organised by Aquttes Auction House in France, marks the first time a text ...

But in Victorian times it was all par for the course. BBC News takes a look at some of the more unusual cards of Christmas past. Because nothing says Merry Christmas quite like a mouse riding a ...

Murderous frogs, children boiled in teapots and a mouse riding a lobster are generally not images seen today on Christmas cards. But in Victorian ... they certainly do. Merry Christmas - and ...