The Real Reason Text Messages Are 160 Characters [Cellphones]

I always thought text messages were limited to 160 measly characters because of some archaic technical standard. But apparently, it’s because some German dude thought 160 was “perfectly sufficient.”

Friedham Hillebrand was a communications researcher who was working with a group on developing a standard for cellphones to send and receive text messages. So he sat down on his typewriter and banged out a  …