New World Record For Fastest Text Messaging

[Kris Kumar]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/6280854764242732/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/6280854764242732/</a><br /><br /></div>"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."<br /><br />I think it took me more than 44 seconds to read the sentence, and to type it, mere 4 minutes and 32 seconds :oops: The only saving grace, there were no typos except for one letter in lowercase.<br /><br />Folks, warm up your fingers and get typing. Don't forget to post your speed here.

[Mike Temporale]

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.

[possmann]

you have got to be kidding - 44 seconds?!? (jaw drop)

[Andy Sjostrom]

I did that in under 30 seconds... using my laptop.
She must have used a Smartphone, huh? 8)

[maximus]

44 seconds. speedy fingers she has. :D

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 :p)

But the second try only took 15 seconds, with itap on -- since the typed words are already stored in itap memory :D The true marvel of technology. 2 minutes down to 15 seconds.

[Kris Kumar]

took me 2 minutes to get it right

:werenotworthy:

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 :-)