LG to give $1M to the fastest texters on the planet

14 July, 2009
Today LG announced the initiation of the second Mobile Worldcup competition for fast and accurate texting. Mobile Worldcup 2009 is the official name of the contest that will have a stunning prize pool of...

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  • raphazard
  • TIE
  • 15 Jul 2009

isn't the record for the fastest texter in the world held by a girl from singapore..??

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    • Anonymous
    • N9A
    • 15 Jul 2009

    i am the best.....south african!challenge?

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      • johndru
      • t7J
      • 15 Jul 2009

      Yep, Philippines is the texting capital of the world. SMS sending grew because of the thriftiness of Filipinos and voila! it became a trend all over the world. It's odd LG snubbed the Philippines on this event. or maybe they know the Filipinos are sure-winner. lolz or maybe because they can't even sell decent LG phones here.

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        • Anonymous
        • TFA
        • 15 Jul 2009

        Call centers and outsourcing centers in philippines are always complaining about the lack of qualified people. They can't speak normal english anymore. They only know how to use texting/chatting language like, wer u? (where are you) and hu u (who are you?). And wer na u. The nationwide retardation has set in.

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          • Anonymous
          • TFA
          • 15 Jul 2009

          Anonymous, 15 Jul 2009how do u know the phillipines is the capital texter of the ... moreActually it's true. Back in 2004, Smart telecom (2nd largest mobile telco) stated that each individual sends more than 120+ sms per day and since then i can only imagine the number grew astronomically. And I believe the figure. When I visited, all they did was texting on the phone. Perhaps that's why their productivity is so low. Infact a scooter cut in front of my car when I was a the stop light and it wouldn't move even when the light turned green because the little guy on the scooter was too busy texting.

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            • Se23
            • mEk
            • 15 Jul 2009

            They should just keep the money to develop some decent phones ;)

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              • Anonymous
              • 4vR
              • 15 Jul 2009

              Anonymous, 15 Jul 2009how do u know the phillipines is the capital texter of the ... moreGoogle it.

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                • Anonymous
                • jwg
                • 15 Jul 2009

                Anonymous, 15 Jul 2009how do u know the phillipines is the capital texter of the ... moregoogle it!!!

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                  • SMS Master
                  • MqA
                  • 15 Jul 2009

                  Actually it took me 1,2 nanoseconds because at the end, the keys weren't responding that well :-D

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nxJ
                    • 15 Jul 2009

                    remcyl, 15 Jul 2009its so unfair for philippines to not be included in this co... morehow do u know the phillipines is the capital texter of the world where is the proof

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                      • remcyl
                      • t7I
                      • 15 Jul 2009

                      its so unfair for philippines to not be included in this contest considering the philippines is the texting capital of the world.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • nxJ
                        • 15 Jul 2009

                        perhaps lg could'nt give a stuff about phillipines otherwise they would have entered them, also they would have entered the u.k as well so it aint a world competition ,so lg can stuff thier phones where the sun does'nt shine, also lg sort your software and batterys out before you go bust

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                          • Filipino Man
                          • R2L
                          • 15 Jul 2009

                          I wonder why LG didn't include Philippines. It makes me think that they wouldn't like to promote their products here. Because I bet the LG Worldcup is a contest for fast texters and at the same time, a promotion of their mobile phones to further improve their market presence.
                          Overall, it is definitely a very bold move for LG.

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                            • Filipino Man
                            • R2L
                            • 15 Jul 2009

                            I've got to agree with "Sekundes". Filipinos are fast texters indeed. Even gradeschoolers can text really fast even with those delicate fingers.

                            However, what I couldn't agree is that, LG is definitely NOT unheard of here in our country. In fact, if you just happen to visit Cgena.com, which by the way is a Philippine-based website, LG Cookie is among the Most Popular phones. Sorry but to tell you honestly, LG has started to gain popularity way back when LG released their KU990 Viewty. But that was just the time that they were noticed here! In short, most of us Filipinos don't even know that LG has already entered the mobile phone market before that.
                            Lol! I remember back then when I was about to buy my previous phone (Nokia N95), the only LG phone on the store was the LG KU990 Viewty! Lol.. No other LG low-end phones whatsoever.

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                              • Speed Typer
                              • Fv4
                              • 15 Jul 2009

                              It took me 1.285 seconds to write this message.

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                                • NO LONDON NO ENGLAND
                                • mX1
                                • 15 Jul 2009

                                once again lg miss out the uk... on that note f lg

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                                  • foxy
                                  • yVg
                                  • 15 Jul 2009

                                  @_@, 15 Jul 2009too bad i dont have a life and it makes me happy to see the... morei dont think you realise that your the one whose being foolish
                                  O.o

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                                    • @_@
                                    • PMT
                                    • 15 Jul 2009

                                    Anonymous, 15 Jul 2009relentless with the BS arent you? again you provide us with... moretoo bad i dont have a life and it makes me happy to see the hilarity of other's total foolishness ^_^

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ijD
                                      • 15 Jul 2009

                                      sekundes @_@, 15 Jul 2009well texting has been a true badge of thefilipino life that... morerelentless with the BS arent you? again you provide us with the with no proof, and a pathetically fabricated story; first it was that filipinos spend 80% of their waking lives texting... that was a good one, i liked that, good laugh out of that.

                                      And now you hit us with another cracker- 'your sister burned her fingers from texting too fast'. Sounds like a loony tunes cartoon to me. Do her ears shoot steam when she's angry too? do her legs turn into a blur when she runs really fast?

                                      must be because she happened to bne born in the phillipines though right?

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                                        • stefan
                                        • p3D
                                        • 15 Jul 2009

                                        Clint, 14 Jul 2009 While I think its fantastic that LG is holding the compet... moreyou are right, but i wasn`t talking about the quality. i was talking about the design. design sold that phone, not quality or performance. i was just pointing to someone who said that LG copy everyones design, that they have made a lot of inovations in phone industry. (pardon my english :)