Text Message Race 2004
The technology-obsessed Singaporeans have claimed a new world record for keying in the fastest cell-phone text message after a competition held on June 27th in Singapore.
Business-administration student Kimberly Yeo, 23, typed a horribly complicated 26-word message on her cell phone in 43.66 seconds, competition organizer Singapore Telecommunications (news - web sites) said. The competition was given the name "SingTel SMS (news - web sites) Shootout" and was sponsored by Nokia Casio, Samsung and Salon4hair. Yeo's effort could beat by a wide margin the existing SMS text message record of 67 seconds, set on September 24, 2003, by UK citizen James Trusler in Sydney, Australia, Singapore Telecom (news - web sites) said.
The new world record claim will be submitted to Guinness World Records, the international arbiter of all record-setting feats, which is based in London.
Contestants had to type this message: "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." Using the cell phone's predictive text function -- which guesses words as letters are typed in -- was not allowed, and the target phrase's punctuation needed to be accurate, as well.
thats funny. i wish i was as fast as her.