"Who are you?" - Blair's first mobile phone message

Former British prime minister Tony Blair told a conference organised by France's ruling UMP party in Paris he got his first mobile phone six months ago. Reuters reports.

"When I lived at Downing Street I never had one. I got my first mobile the day I left," said Blair, who is now a Middle East envoy.

"I sent an SMS (short message service) to a friend, but given my lack of technological knowledge I didn't realise the telephone hadn't identified me as the sender. I got an SMS back saying: 'But sorry, who are you?'", Blair said.

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