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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Of course, but that's been built into the standard [1] forever (literally, it's mentioned in the earliest drafts). A mobile phone [1], for all intents and purposes, has always had the ability to both make calls and send texts.
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Sure, but GSM was far from the first cellphone technology. I doubt very much phones
like this had texting.
But I hear what you're saying re: features. I've said similar things a few times in this thread, and whether the first cellphones had texting capabilities or not, I'd argue that ability falls under "communication" so whether a phone can text or not it remains a communication device.
Pagers though... that may be another one that has disappeared completely. I used to carry a pager when I was on call, but a number of years ago they switched and are now notifying people by text message instead.