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 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 ...

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 ...