Fastest Texters Crowned at First LG Mobile World Cup
Filed under: Cell Phones Now that most of us text at a decent rate (phone permitting, natch), it was inevitable that someone would go and make a competition out of it. Yesterday, LG did just that with the first ever Mobile World Cup Championship in New York City (video after the jump). The culmination of an eight-month competition started back in May 2009, first-prize winners Young-Ho Bae and Mok-Min Ha of Korea, walked away with a cool $100,000, while runners-up Morgan Dynda and Kate Moore, from the U.S., got $20,000. The four beat out 22 other participants, divided into teams of two, from 11 other countries including Canada, Russia, South Africa, Mexico, Spain, and Australia, after playing through five games that tested their texting skills in their native languages. The key to winning of course, was consistently texting the fastest with no abbreviations or typos. Continue reading Fastest Texters Crowned at First LG Mobile World Cup Fastest Texters Crowned at First LG Mobile World Cup originally appeared on Switched.com on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read
