Iowa Teen Wins US Text Messaging Competition


	Iowa Teen Wins US Text Messaging Competition

patchworkthreads

8-3-2009 1:57 PM

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communication, cellphone, text, cell phone, game, competition

patchworkthreads says:

470 texts a day? How does that even work? That's one text message every two minutes, assuming a 16-hour day.

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