I'll Be Damned
by eldavojohn (898314)

And all this time I was almost certain that it was based on sound scientific research proving that 160 characters was the maximum amount of text a cell phone user could read before completely losing interest.

Re:I'll Be Damned
by Anonymous Coward

Technically, it was the largest number that Hillebrand could count to in his mind before losing track.

Re:I'll Be Damned
by JeffSpudrinski (1310127)

The few times I've tried messaging from my cell phone, my thumbs cramp after about 50 characters, so the "limitation" never affects me.