What is a cause-and-effect relationship that takes place in the Article? Because T9 made texting easier with its ability to predict words with one key press, texting started to become a hit with college students. Because mobile phones were becoming widespread in 1985, Friedhelm Hillebrand figured out how many characters were needed to express an idea. Because phones were not able to type letters yet, Richard Jarvis could not respond to the message Neil Papworth sent to his phone. Because Americans were starting to send more text messages each month, mobile providers had to put a character limit on the messages.

Because T9 made texting easier with its ability to predict words with one key press, texting started to become a hit with college students.