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.

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From direct mail to email to SMS and now through Facebook event invites, friends and colleagues use various means to invite us to socials. Although all of these methods have their more appropriate use, I feel that SMS invites are the ones that stick. Here’s why.

More often than not, SMS invites that I send out for events usually have a higher turnout for events, even if I indicated an RSVP – and they DON’T RSVP but still come. Hmm. Also, based on experience, I get replies that ar 24 hours late – but still replies nonetheless confirming attendance to events. Does it mean that in my circle, people have a higher chance of forgetting things in email than on their phone? Because when I do send something via email, I get a reply (via SMS!!) after a few days that says “did you send it? I never got anything!”

What are your personal experiences with sending invites? Weddings and formal functions aside, I think SMS is still the best way to go because it is more personal, and people will forget their wallet – but never their phone!

As a final note, there is that element of SPAM to be considered. When one medium is bombarded with spam (in this case, email), it becomes a less effective means of getting invitations.

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