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Pedro Matias Sets New Texting Record At Mobile World Cup

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the text-invalid-if-bff-appears-anywhere-in-it dept.

Pedro Matias showed off his mad txtin sklz at this year's Mobile World Cup and managed to set a new record for "fastest, most accurate" texts as determined by the event's corporate owners. "history was made when 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). Of course, each Mobile World Cup must have its share of controversy -- in this case, Engadget Mobile's very own Chris Ziegler led a silent protest during the awards ceremony. The group was reportedly upset over the use of QWERTY phones (the LG enV3 in this case) to break the record."

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  1. Who is the bigger loser? by qoncept · · Score: 4, Funny

    The guy that can type that text that fast, or the guy that feels the need to protest qwerty keyboards?

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  2. Re:not that fast by TheReverandND · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And with a QWERTY phone they only beat the record by 23 seconds? Thats like giving a race horse crystal meth and having him win by a nose.

  3. Silent protest by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Engadget Mobile's very own Chris Ziegler led a silent protest during the awards ceremony

    So what then, did he vibrate?

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