LG Mobile Worldcup 2010 kicks off to find the World's fastest Texter

Jul 6 2010, 10:36am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

This is not about the Soccer World Cup in South Africa, this world cup is about texting on a mobile phone.
LG Electronics today announced the kick-off of the LG MOBILE WORLDCUP 2010, the world's largest competition celebrating mobile culture culminating in an international tournament in New York to find the world's fastest phone texter.

Participants in more than 20 countries will be battling for the chance to compete as finalists in the World Championship to be held in January. The teams that win in their respective nations will earn a trip to New York City and will compete against the best texters from all over the world for the ultimate prize of $100,000.

Additionally, the fastest texter in the competition will have the chance to challenge for the Guinness World Records established last year by Pedro Matias of Portugal, who set a new world record by accurately texting 264 English characters in just two minutes. This record got beaten in March with Swype.

LG MOBILE WORLDCUP 2010 will introduce some new elements in this year’s competition.
For example, the texting video game -- which was unveiled only at the World Championships last year -- will now be introduced to participants at the national competitions. LG will also be introducing LG Text Ed in this year’s program.

LG Text Ed is a program designed to help young mobile phone users avoid the pitfalls of risky texting behaviors such as sending or receiving inappropriate and improper text messages and texting while driving. Both onsite and online events will be utilized to empower young people to take more responsibility for their actions and behavior when communicating via their mobile devices.
More details about the LG Mobile Worldcup 2010 can be found here.

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