Did you ever wonder why text messages(SMS) are limited to 160 characters? No?
SMS messages simply fill the remaining bytes in the packets that GSM phones use to coordinate with the network. After the coordination protocol and some SMS headers are counted, there are 140 bytes remaining in the packet. With some simple packing techniques, those 140 bytes can be used to encode 160 7-bit characters, and THIS is why SMS messages are limited to 160 characters.
Interesting, isn't it? Read more here
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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