SMS was originally devised to utilise mobile phone transmissions to send "short bursts of textual data" and it is now the preferred method of communication for many people. SMS is designed for short messages with as much meaning as possible - therefore, the SMS language has evolved based on abbreviations and informal phonics.
SMS has changed over the last twenty years as more and more people have used it. Emoticons have been developed and these also add more meaning to text messages as it can sometimes be hard for others to work out what you mean; e.g. if you are being sarcastic or not.
SMS has influenced our lives because we no longer need to meet people or ring them on the telephones. This could make people more antisocial but it also makes communicating much simpler and faster.
The following article describes how SMS came to be and why it may or may not be used so widely nowadays:
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