Wis. boy, 17, is the fastest texter in America
NEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row.
"It feels incredible," said Austin Wierschke of Rhinelander, Wis., after winning the sixth annual U.S. LG National TextingCompetition in Times Square on Wednesday. He gets $50,000 in prize money, which he says he'll save and use to pay for college, along with the $50,000 he won last year.
Eleven contestants from around the U.S. competed, all using the same type of cellphone, an LG Optimus Zip phone with QWERTY keyboard. Cellphone-maker LG Electronics sponsored the contest.
The competition tested three skills — speed, accuracy and dexterity — on four different challenges. They were "do you know text speak?", in which contestants had to spell out text abbreviations; texting while blind-folded; "text blitz," where phrases were shown to the contestants for a length of time and they copied them as fast as they could; and texting backward, where jumbled words were given to the contestants and they had to figure out the word.
To practice for the competition, the 17-year-old champion said he sent almost 500 texts a day to his friends.
Runner-up Kent Augustine, 16, from Queens, said he was "a little disappointed," but he won't be walking away empty-handed, since the second-place winner gets $10,000. He said he was going to try again next year.
Fellow competitor Kelly Barracato was not surprised that Wierschke won. She said she noticed that during the press tour, "his thumbs were flying."
Anita Levine, 16, and Anan Arias, 17, came out to see the competition.
Arias is an avid texter who says she sends more than 100 texts a day. "Texting is part of the new generation," she said.
Levine said she loves texting but her father won't let her. "My dad thinks it is pointless," she said.
Jan and Lori Emanuele, both in their 50s, were curious to see the competition. Both text often but say it can sometimes get a bit overwhelming.
"When I first saw 'ttyl,' I thought, 'what is that?'" Jan Emanuele said. TTYL stands for talk to you later. \
credit : yahoo news
Fastest texter? I bet we Filipinos could come close i mean we are heavy texters admit it lol. Heres something i was able to pull up from wikipedia
The largest average usage of the service(text) by mobile phone subscribers is in the Philippines, with an average of 27 texts sent per day by subscriber.
- wikipedia
I bet this would an interesting contest to host here dont you think guys? who knows we might beat this guys record.
Huwebes, Agosto 9, 2012
Budget Tablet?
Looking for a budget tablet how about giving the the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 a try a very capable tablet under 13k. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 measuring 7 inches would be able to perform the basic demands a tablet user would need with full access to the android market unlike other tablets like the amazon kindle fire that has very restricted android access which is also a 7 inch tablet unless your into rooting your kindle fire but if you want android running out of the box why not give this tablet a shot.
Here are some specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
7-inch PLS-LCD screen with 600 x 1024 resolution
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU
PowerVR SGX540 GPU
1GB RAM
16GB internal storage
microSD expansion slot
3.15-megapixel rear camera with 720p video recording
VGA front camera
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0
USB 2.0
4000mAh Li-Ion battery
Miyerkules, Agosto 8, 2012
The Great SAMSUNG Thank You Sale
SALE is from August 4 to September 2, 2012.
Samsung has freebies and low prices for more savings what are you waiting for go the nearest Samsung shop or participating retailer to get your next Samsung phone.
available in all Samsung shops and selected retailers
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