Tag: TEXTINGCHAMPIONSHIP

The Guinness World Record for fastest texter has been broken again... we think. Cheong Kit Au, from Australia, mashed out a 264-character text in one minute and 17 seconds, crushing the previous record by 43 seconds. Then again, Melissa Thompson supposedly broke the record in August by Swyping out a 160-character message in just over 25 seconds. If you were to double that measure, you get 320 ...

Thirteen-year-old Brianna Hendrickson just earned the admiration of parents across the nation (while inspiring countless, "Why can't you be more like . . . " statements), and her exploits had absolutely nothing to do with academic, athletic or artistic achievements. Hendrickson, a Brooklyn native, earned $50,000 by vanquishing all competitors at this year's LG National Texting Championship. ...

LG's National Texting Championship went down over the weekend in New York City, and 13 year-old Morgan Pozgar of Claysburg, Pennsylvania took home the gold. Actually, she took home $25,000 after SMSing her East Coast competition in submission, then defeating West Coast champ, Eli Tirosh, for the national crown. The winning text, which Morgan's tapped out in a mere 15 seconds was, ...

Later this month LG is sponsoring a celebration of the opposable thumb with its National Texting Championship. On April 21st, the East Coast's most overworked thumbs will gather in NYC to find the most dexterous texter of the bunch: The person who can correctly enter and send a given message faster than anyone else. The East Coast victor then gets immediately pitted up against West Coast champ, ...