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
Martes, Hulyo 10, 2012
Were back after a few busy days I am back
Look forward to better articles and stories about the latest tech that will be posted in the coming days.
Huwebes, Hunyo 28, 2012
Sun Blackberry Sale
Wanna get a free Blackberry 8520 well now you can with Sun's affordable plan 350 plus BBM 99 total of only 449 with a lock in period of 30 months. With this sweet deal you get unlimited sun calls, unlimited sun texts and unlimited BBM so what you waiting for go to the nearest participating Sun shop The Sun Shops: SM City North Edsa, Ayala Center Cebu, Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Place Manila, SM City Cebu, Trinoma, SM City San Lazaro, Park Square Makati, SM Megamall Cyberzone, SM Mall of Asia, SM Marilao, Robsinsons Starmills Pampanga, Gaisano Davao, Robinsons Lipa, Robinsons Sta. Rosa, SM City Baliwag, SM Clark, Nepo Mall Dagupan, SM Baguio, SM Bacolod, Robinsons Iloilo, Robinsons Cagayan de Oro, and SM Lucena. Promo runs till June 30,2012 or while supplies last.
Google NEXUS tablet 7 by Asus
(credits : google.com)
price starting at $199 for the 8gb version
This is a huge step Google made i guess they saw that there is a huge market for an affordable but capable tablet. I beleive this tablet would be one of the best in its range a full version of Android os and the latest at that and lots of other features not available to the other tablest which are priced the same like the kindle fire that a controlled version of Android. This tablet may not be perfect but the basic things that an average user would need would be here and this tablet may not be as great as an iPad or other android tablet but this tablet has just set the bar higher for the tablets in its range. I only hope that the rumors about this tablet not being available outside the united states are not true and that Google would also launch it here in Asia specifically in the Philippines.
here are some pros and cons i found based on the tablets specs.
PROS
competitive price
operating system this is the first tablet to have jelly bean
ips screen
1.3GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core CPU
CONS
has no rear camera
the chance that it might not be available outiside the US
memory not expandable
Miyerkules, Hunyo 27, 2012
iTunes finally launched in the Philippines!
(credits: philmug.com)
The iTunes Store is now open to consumers with credit cards issued in Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, PHILIPPINES, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. However China and India 2 of the biggest asian countries are not included in the launch of the iTunes store in Asia.This is great news for us filipinos finally we can now purchase more than 28 million songs which also includes asian artists, as well as movies from huge studios like disney, universal, paramount and etc.
This is a long awaited change by the Asian market where Apple is gaining massive popularity. So what you waiting for visit iTunes and start downloading your favorite songs and movies.
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