South Koreans Win LG's Texting Competition
15 Jan, 2010, 3:40 pm IST | by
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It's a competitive world and even texting has its own little spot there. LG's announced that Yeong-Ho Bae, 18, and Mok-Min Ha, 17, of South Korea, defeated a host of challengers to become the world texting champions at the LG Mobile World Cup in New York City. Using the latest LG mobile devices, the lightning-thumbed Team Korea prevailed in a series of tests of speed and accuracy to be crowned world texting champions and win USD 1,00,000. Having earned the right to compete at the World Cup by winning their national title, the 13 two-person teams traveled to New York to engage in five rounds of intense team and individual events. All contestants texted in their native language using two of LG's current mobile phones - the LG BL20, which has a numeric keypad, and the LG GW520, which features a QWERTY keyboard. "Every moment of every round was incredibly intense," said winner Bae. "I'm thankful for this win but also for the opportunity to meet new friends from different countries in one of the most exciting cities in the world." Morgan Dynda and Kate Moore from the United States placed second winning USD 20,000, and Juan Ignacio Aufranc and Agustina Montegna from Argentina took third place and USD 10,000. In addition to the main competition, the players attempted to set a new Guinness World Records record for fastest texting, using the LG enV3 handset. Pedro Matias, 27, from Portugal set a new record by typing a 264-character text in just 1 minute 59 seconds, shaving 23 seconds off the previous record set by Finland's Arttu Harkki in 2005. In a nod to how far phones have come, the record-setting text read: The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell (UK), who filed his patent for the telephone on 14 February 1876 at the New York Patent Office, USA. The first intelligible call occurred in March 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, when Bell phoned his assistant in a nearby room and said "Come here Watson, I want you." Launched to celebrate mobile culture and advances in mobile technology, the LG Mobile World Cup has become the world's premier mobile festival, expanding from four participating countries in 2008 to 13 in 2010. Between May and November 2009, qualifying rounds were held in the United States, Canada, Indonesia, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. Altogether, more than 6 million people took part in the LG Mobile World Cup in 2009. |
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