Portugal Man Sets Text Messaging Record, but Needs a QWERTY Keypad to Do It
Portugal Man Sets Text Messaging Record, but Needs a QWERTY Keypad to Do It
Posted 01/15/2010 at 10:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for most points scored in a professional basketball game, Tom Brady and Randy Moss set an NFL single-season record in 2007 for most touchdown passes between a passer and a receiver (23), Joe DiMaggios's 56-game hitting streak may never be broken, and 27-year-old Pedro Matias just set a Guinness new World Record for texting by typing a 264-character text in one-second shy of two minutes.
Lest your sarcasm meter is busted, we don't really believe Matias belongs in the same echelon as some of the world's greatest athletes, but with nimble thumbs (and probably very little face-to-face interaction) Matias was able to hone his text messaging skills and shatter the previous record by 23 seconds.
"I did practice a lot and I always thought that this was my thing. For me, to have a record in the Guinness is a great thing," an elated Matias said after the event.
The feat came during the LG Mobile World Cup Championship (yup, such a thing exists) at Gotham Hall in New York City. And while we don't want to take anything away from Matias' accomplishment, it should be noted that he used a QWERTY phone. That'sprobably the same that was used to set the previous record, and while we could look it up, let's be honest, does anyone really care? We didn't think so.
As for the actual Cup Championship, the team from Korea won the $100,000 prize, while USA came in second and took home $20,000.
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admobadmo
January 17, 2010 at 1:15pm
I've discovered that the worlds fastest typer can do about 1500 characters in two minutes, continously for 50 minutes to set a record. Is having a small keyboard that much of a handicap that he can't even reach one fifth of that speed?
Maybe he did it with one hand while driving?
JordanN5253
January 16, 2010 at 6:39pm
Think they should be allowed to use QWERTY keypads.. Seems like cheating. I'd be pissed if I was the previous record holder.
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aziobron
January 15, 2010 at 10:50pm
i just typed out a 284 character text on my Env2 in 1:05...how did he do it so damn slow yet they can call it a record?
vistageek
January 15, 2010 at 7:11pm
I know 50 girls that could own that record on a keypad with a blindfold on not making any mistakes.
Solarscreen
January 15, 2010 at 12:31pm
On a qwerty phone? My daughter could have done that on her Chocolate while watching tv. She cranks out a novel on her qwerty phone in no time. I'd estimate twice as fast as this supposed record.
nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 12:54pm
did i mention i wrote a novel? ;)
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mrvander
January 15, 2010 at 12:05pm
Basketball, Football, Baseball...no mention of hockey? No mention of Wayne Gretzky? I think your anti-canadian bias is showing. This must be why you make them answer a trivia question in order to enter contests. ;)
K0BALT
January 15, 2010 at 11:52am
I wanna know what sentence he typed._
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nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 11:24am
Portugal's Pedro Matias set the new World's Record for texting by
typing a 264-character text in just 1 minute 59 seconds (besting the
previous record by 23 seconds)...(the LG enV3 in this case) to break the record.------------------------------
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ThunderBolt
January 15, 2010 at 10:43am
some spoiled blond american whilte teenage girl to beat the record
Asevening
January 15, 2010 at 10:37am
Portugal Teen Sets Text Messaging Record, but Needs a QWERTY Keypad to Do It
...and 27-year-old Pedro Matias just...
How long are you a teen in Portugal?
Also, that seems slow.
Paul_Lilly
January 15, 2010 at 12:52pm
Oops. When I first saw the article, I couldn't fathom this would be a teen record. Hence the title, which I forgot to edit after discovering Matias was a grown man.
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paladaxar
January 15, 2010 at 10:28am
I agree...that can't be right. If it really took him 2 minutes, I know 100 girls that could beat him with their eyes closed on a non-querty phone.
paladaxar
January 15, 2010 at 10:39am
Yup...just tried it on my Moto Droid. I typed 270 characters in 1 minute and 45 seconds without really trying that hard. I did make a few mistakes while I was typing, but I backspaced them and corrected them while still coming in 15 seconds under 2 minutes. So his record (as recorded here) is either a mis-print, or there just wasn't any competition there! (And trust me, I am by no means a fast texter)
paladaxar
January 15, 2010 at 10:38am
Yup...just tried it on my Moto Droid. I typed 270 characters in 1 minute and 45 seconds without really trying that hard. I did make a few mistakes while I was typing, but I backspaced them and corrected them while still coming in 15 seconds under 2 minutes. So his record (as recorded here) is either a mis-print, or there just wasn't any competition there! (And trust me, I am by no means a fast texter)
nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 11:04am
I'm pretty sure your not allowed to make mistakes and its a sentence not lol speak or random characters you type.
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paladaxar
January 15, 2010 at 11:14am
I typed sentences...I even used correct punctuation. Also, given that I only tried one time (I'm not going to sit here and "practice" like the 27 year old "teen" in the article said), and had 14 seconds left over, I'm sure I could have done it without any mistakes if I had been trying a TINY bit harder. And like I said, I'm by no means fast compared to my friends.
nekollx
January 15, 2010 at 11:19am
but would trying harder to make NO mistakes cost you 14+ seconds.
Would your friends be able to do it under presure and on the clock?
You must consider all these things, doesn't mean much if they can type 500 words in 60 seconds if they choak under the preasure.
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Xerloq
January 15, 2010 at 10:19am
263 Characters. 119 Seconds. 2.21 characters per second. Previous record was 1.86 characters per second?
Really. That seems slow.
johnny3144
January 15, 2010 at 10:28am
but to do it without any mistake on a keypad smaller than your palm, that is something
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