World's fastest texter in Dunedin

[markyap]

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mura nokia iya phone noh?


Texting wizard claims record

5:00AM Monday November 19, 2007

The blindfold was on, stopwatches were at the ready, and - despite some obvious nerves - Elliot Nicholls' fingers were soon a blur on the keypad.

His first blindfolded text-messaging world record attempt was well under the required time, but contained an error - which meant the effort was discounted.

The next attempt was error free and, at 51 seconds, constituted an unofficial record, but Elliot felt he could do better.

The 17-year-old student at John McGlashan College in Dunedin then smashed the world record for blindfolded text messaging by successfully entering 160 characters on his well-worn cellphone in just 45 seconds.

Elliot's rapid texting beat the previous record of 1m 23s, set by Andrea Fantoni, 22, in Milan last year.

For the attempt, Elliot was required to enter a finger-twisting phrase about "ferocious freshwater fish" on a standard phone without using the predictive text function.

"I was looking at the Guinness website and thought it would be cool to hold a record in something. I send a lot of texts, so it seemed like a good choice," he said.

In recent weeks, Elliot prepared for about 20 minutes each day, repeatedly entering the prescribed phrase, which he had memorised.

Aside from his record-attempt preparation was his usual practice of sending between 2000 and 4000 text messages monthly. He is on to his "sixth or seventh" cellphone.

Elliot's results were scrutinised by independent judges and timekeepers on Saturday for submission to the next Guinness World Records book.

- Otago Daily Times

[markyap]

i can beat that.. dli lang ko familiar sa words.. haha mayta nay contest ani dri uy

160 characters in 45 seconds?
sus...kaya kaayo na nimo, blindfolded plus one hand tied behind your back diba?

[technomarine]

i've seen a website b4 nga contest ug text somewhere in Singapore and i try to register (just for fun) pag abot na sa country at eh box i try to look for the Philippines waman koi nakit-an, then I try to type Philippines, it says sorry wa la konoi labot, ka paet .......

[joshbonz]

it would be good also that inorder to be in the Guiness World Record.. that txter should be really fast.. IRREGARDLESS of what phone brand he is using... (basta dili lang QWERTYs)

Maayo ra man na cya kay na familiarized naman niya ang iyang phone.. nindot jud nga ipa test ni cya ug lain lain nga phones and lets see if paspas ba jud gihapon cya mo text..

Mao jud ta na ang sukdanan if Worlds Fastest Texter cya.. bisag unsa pay gigamit nga phones... period!

[obemon]

Wow a kiwi breaking a new world record eh?
Good effort mate...

[kolay]

mga bro kaya kaayo na sa mga pinoy... dont tell me dili na makaya sa pinoy... Philippines was named the capital of txt sa whole world.... so unsa man atras mo? ABANTE ta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOLZ :mrgreen:






PURELY CEBUANO................

[yans311]

kung 5110 or 3650 gamiton? kaya kaha ni Elliot Nicholls' ma beat iya record?

[karlitobagatsing]

walay contest snakes? hehehee

[kris8jenn]

45 seconds iya record... na suwai gani nako and 40 seconds ra ko, hahahaha with complete spelling ha... hehehhe... we are HUMBLE text warroirs, hehehe

[markyap]

45 seconds iya record... na suwai gani nako and 40 seconds ra ko, hahahaha with complete spelling ha... hehehhe... we are HUMBLE text warroirs, hehehe

would you like me to call Guinness Book of World Records for you?