Guinness Book record for “Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving”
December 21, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Unwired Oddities
Yup. Samsung is making an attempt to grab the record for fastest text messaging while free falling from the sky.
Samsung Telecommunications America, (Samsung Mobile) a leading mobile phone distributor in the U.S., attempted to establish the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving.” A team of professional skydivers text messaged while freefalling from 12,000 feet outside the Los Angeles city limits at the Samsung Mobile XTREME TEXTING event. The team of 10 skydivers used a variety of Samsung Mobile messaging phones during this challenge, including the Samsung Propel(TM), Samsung Gravity(TM), Samsung Rant(TM), Samsung Alias(TM) and Samsung Messager(TM). Samsung Mobile created XTREME TEXTING as a unique way to promote its new lineup of text messaging phones.
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“Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving” will be a new entry into Guinness World Records database if successfully attempted. It will join the current record for “Fastest Text Message” currently held by Jeremy Sng Gim (Singapore), who typed the prescribed 160-character phrase on his mobile phone in 41.40 seconds on February 24, 2008.
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Remember back in the 90’s when the Guinness Book was more interesting for accounting omnibus achievements? Nowadays, the records seem to be more niched. What next? Fastest text messaging while taking a dump?
The record is not official, but will be submitted for approval to the Guiness Book.
it will be fastest text-messaging using feet..
what the word will it type?
“abababccbabbcabcabcabcac”
Yeah, I got to agree. With everyone wanting to make or break a record for Guinness, it has actually become boring in the process.
I hope they re-focus on more interesting, more natural stuff (and not just on records like the most number of people kissing, the biggest map or the biggest shoe). Gosh!