Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I hangaia te TXTMob e te Institute for Applied Autonomy mō ngā kaiwhakataetae i te 2004 Democratic National Convention
i Boston me te 2004 Republican National Convention i New York City (tirohia te 2004 Republican National Convention mahi whakahee). Tad Hirsch, he kairangahau i te Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Smart Cities Group and Computing Culture Research Group, kei te toha tonu i te TXTmob kua horoia, kua whakauruhia, kua tukuna i raro i te GPL ma SourceForge.