Page celebrates after setting the Guinness World Record for text messaging.
A 24-year-old Seattle resident has set the Guinness World Record for the fastest text message sent on a touchscreen device. Franklin Page set the record by composing the sentence -- “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious" -- in 35.54 seconds. (I gave it a shot myself a few moments ago, clocking in at 59.9 seconds with no mistakes. Give it a shot and let us know how you fare.)
However, the world record is a bit of a PR stunt. (As most world records are). Page was recently hired at Swype, the Seattle startup whose technology allows mobile phone users to input text on touchscreens with the "swype" of a finger. Samsung, which has incorporated Swype into some of its phones, used the stunt in a new TV ad campaign.
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