Teenager wins €2,650 for fastest SMS
Monday, 18 August 2008 15:47A teenager has won more than €2,500 after writing the fastest text message in the SMS Swedish Championship in Stockholm.
17-year-old student My Svennsson took just 61 seconds to type a 141-character SMS message to claim the championship, sponsored by local telecoms operator Parlino.
'I was very tense in the finals when I realised how much money I could win,' said My, who plans to use her €2,650 prize for a holiday in France, according to news agency TT.
The teenager said her secret was practice: she sends 40-50 text messages a day, mostly to her three best friends, Swedish site thelocal.se reported.
Her winning text translates as follows: 'OK, write fast now. Faster! D1a is going too slowly. Do you spell slowly like that? :-S no time to look, have to get finished. Soon, only 1 more word. :P Ready!'
Despite out-thumbing her nearest rival by seven seconds, My failed to surpass her personal best of 50 seconds, achieved during the semi-finals.
