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Old 06-29-2004, 01:00 PM
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Default New World Record For Fastest Text Messaging

http://www.engadget.com/entry/6280854764242732/

"Shattering the previous record of 67 seconds held by an Australian man (who even has his own publicist smacking down who claims that they’re faster), a Singaporean woman was able to tap out “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.” in just under 44 seconds. No predictive text stuff or Treo keyboards allowed, either."

I think it took me more than 44 seconds to read the sentence, and to type it, mere 4 minutes and 32 seconds ops: The only saving grace, there were no typos except for one letter in lowercase.

Folks, warm up your fingers and get typing. Don't forget to post your speed here.
 
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Old 06-29-2004, 02:44 PM
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It took me 46 seconds to type that on my keyboard using all 10 fingers. 8O I really don't want to know how long that would take on a keypad.

I think she must have memorized the sequence.
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you have got to be kidding - 44 seconds?!? (jaw drop)
 
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I did that in under 30 seconds... using my laptop.
She must have used a Smartphone, huh? 8)
 
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44 seconds. speedy fingers she has.

I tried that on my v600 with itap off ... took me 2 minutes to get it right (yeah, lots of wrong characters and wasting a lot of time backspacing )

But the second try only took 15 seconds, with itap on -- since the typed words are already stored in itap memory The true marvel of technology. 2 minutes down to 15 seconds.
 
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Old 06-30-2004, 03:05 AM
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took me 2 minutes to get it right
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I wonder if there is any coaching class that will train me to type faster. I dont think I can get anywhere near 2 mins. Got any tips :-)
 
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