Have you ever heard the unbelievably fast clicking and clacking of smartphone keyboard inside of a Journeys or during the trailers before a Twilight movie? If you thought teens were fast at texting, you should meet Melissa Thompson, a 27-year-old British woman who just smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest text message ever.
Thompson wrote the phrase “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 25.94 seconds, beating the old record held by 24-year-old Franklin Page who wrote the same phrase in 35.54 seconds earlier this year.
What phone did Thompson use to destroy the old record by nearly 10 seconds? A Samsung Galaxy S. And if you thought that the quickest or easiest way to bang out a text messege or e-mail was by using a physical keyboard, you’d be wrong. The record was broken using a touchscreen keyboard with SWYPE, a feature that allows users to write words and phrases by sliding their fingers across the screen.
As reported by The Press Association, Thompson was a bit shocked at the world record she now holds:
Ms. Thompson, who works for an insurance company, was shopping with her boyfriend, Chris Davies, 23, when they visited a samsung roadshow and she was invited to have a go at breaking the record.See? Even if you’re not in texting shape, features like SWYPE can help you win competitions and break records with very little effort.
She said: “I used to send a lot of text messages – 40 or 50-a-day to Chris alone so we both knew I could type fast.
“But since we moved in together and I started my job I haven’t been texting as much and, you could say, my fingers were out of shape.
“It’s a real shock to find out that I’m the fastest texter in the world. But using SWYPE helped. Everyone should give it a go and see how easy it is.”
Congratulations, Melissa Thompson. You’re now a legend with a great story to tell your grandkids.
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