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Tony Blair says he has finally learnt how to send a text message on his phone.

But when he sent his first message, he says the reply that came back was: "Who are you?"

Mr Blair was talking about coming to terms with life after Downing Street at a Labour Party fundraising event.

Stopping when traffic lights were on red was also a new experience - as PM his driver used to go straight through.

Mr Blair bought his first mobile phone last October, but appears to have failed to find time to learn to use it before he stepped down as prime minister last month.

He has long been seen as a technophobe, being described by former colleagues as "a pen and paper person".

Alistair Campbell once said of Mr Blair: "He tries - he's got a computer screen on his desk... it's pretty idle."

Last year, it was revealed he had finally got his own e-mail account and he has admitted getting his daughter Kathryn to load songs on to his iPod.