London, Aug 23 (IANS) A British woman has smashed the world record for typing the fastest text message.
Melissa Thompson, 27, wrote a passage in just under 26 seconds, shaving off nearly 10 seconds from previous record holder.
She texted: ‘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.’
The Guinness World Record was earlier held by American Franklin Page who wrote the same passage in March this year.
Thompson, from Salford in Greater Manchester, used Samsung’s new Galaxy S smartphone to break the record. Her record is subject to Guinness approval.
Thompson was shopping with her boyfriend, Chris Davies when they visited a Samsung roadshow where she had a go at the record.
‘I used to send a lot of text messages – 40 or 50-a-day to Chris alone – so we both knew I could type fast. But since we moved in together and I started my job I haven’t been texting as much and, you could say, my fingers were out of shape.
‘It’s a real shock to find out that I’m the fastest texter in the world,’ The Sun qouted her as saying.
