How fast can you text

[kiwi_2005]

I don't even own a cell phone i hate the things sons have them sitting there texting waiting for a reply then text back and repeat, quite sad really.

But fastest time is by Melissa Thompson, from Salford, Greater Manchester, texted the following sentence in a mere 25.94 seconds:

"The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."

If you can beat her time your be in the Guinness Book of World Records!!!

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Samsung-...news-7836.html

[Spike88]

I can text at a normal speed, nowhere near as fast as I can type though. Although I do kinda cheat in the fact that I tend to misspell an odd word here or there and my iphone automatically corrects it.

I also text quite frequently, but I'm always doing something else(whether it be watching tv, playing on my phone, or other stuff). The one thing I do like about my phone is the fact that it does remind me 5 minutes later that I have received a text, if I'm too busy doing something else to check when I first get the text.


Although reading the article, I don't know if this really counts as breaking the world record, as the phone is doing most of the work for you. Kinda like using T9.


Edit: 1000th Post

[Sailor Steve]

I hate texting. Every time I text I get one part or another wrong, and end up calling the person to explain myself anyway.

[tater]

Even sideways on my iPhone I have trouble. I'm more likely to "text" a picture or movie of the kids than actually type, lol. I've posted here from my phone, too (this ain't one of those, I'm way faster really typing).

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I hate texting. Every time I text I get one part or another wrong, and end up calling the person to explain myself anyway.

LOL OMG U2 ?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

LOL OMG U2 ?

And that's another thing!!!

[papa_smurf]

I hate texting. Every time I text I get one part or another wrong, and end up calling the person to explain myself anyway.

I've found that im doing that more myself.

[Jimbuna]

Despite having a Blackberry with a qwerty keyboard and unlimited text allowance I reckon I don't use double figures per month.

The only exception is if I get a text or an email off the boy whilst I'm out.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

LOL OMG U2 ?

I no rite?

What's really embarrassing is when my parents text like that

[STEED]

Quicker to phone the person.

I hate text language..C U 8.

[XabbaRus]

I text a few times a month, usually to my dad to check he is picking up my daughter or something like that.

Personally I find all these people who text and text and text really sad....

Maybe I am just getting old...

[tater]

Originally Posted by STEED

Quicker to phone the person.

I hate text language..C U 8.

Perhaps I dislike it because I don't use text language—unless standard English counts.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by STEED

Quicker to phone the person.

Really? Not in my case anyways. Whenever I text someone it's usually something like "you going out tonight?". Takes just a few secs. If I'd call that person, I'd first have to wait for him/her to answer the phone. Then some kind of greeting, and then finally the question. Much quicker just to text them.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I text a few times a month, usually to my dad to check he is picking up my daughter or something like that.

Personally I find all these people who text and text and text really sad....

Maybe I am just getting old...

Oh, I don't know about that...... I'm only 27 and I hate texting, especially when people spend more than about ten seconds doing it - "Just call the sonofabitch!" Jeez.

Then there's all the stupid text messages I get like "what's up?" and "hey". WTF is that!? What do you want? Do you want me to reply with a brief synopsis of the activity I am currently engaged in? Why? Maybe you want to hang out or something? Then freaking call me! And when you do call me, if you bitch about me not responding to your text, I'll kill you.

Speaking of people I want to kill and stupid messages, I have a special place in my heart for people who use text messaging like its twitter with a direct line to my phone. That place is filled with razorwire, mustard gas, and flesh-eating hellbeasts summoned from the most infernal of abyssal planes. OMFG, ur on a boat!? What am I supposed to do with that? What possible meaningful exchange of information concerning your experience on the boat could we share in a text message? Perhaps you could tell me where you are exactly so I could go there and kill you for squandering precious kilobytes of of storage space on my phone and annoying me besides.

Sufficed to say, I do not text frequently or quickly.

[Sledgehammer427]

a couple years ago (whilst I was in high school) my friends and I noticed how quiet the hallways were getting thanks to text messaging. less people talking and more of them were getting to class on time. Once we had this pointed out to the hall monitors they had the no-cellphone policy relaxed a little. It was up to the teachers in the classroom what to do with kids when they were texting on class time but cellphones were allowed in the halls.

that and I enjoy a little peace and quiet. I'm kind of awkward with phone conversations and I don't text much anyways. less than 50 a day. considering some of my friends, that's caveman level.