{"id":707200,"date":"2010-04-01T21:39:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=17100"},"modified":"2010-04-01T21:39:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T01:39:04","slug":"swype-challenge-can-you-beat-the-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/707200","title":{"rendered":"Swype challenge: Can you beat the Guinness World Record?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and  Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In  reality they seldom attack a human.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you can <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">type<\/span> Swype the above phrase in under 35.54 seconds? An ex-Swype employee recently <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/swype-sets-guinness-world-record-for-fastest-text-message\/\">set the Guinness World Record<\/a> for fastest text message on a touchscreen mobile phone, but how long with that time stand?<\/p>\n<p>Swype thinks they have the fastest input method and they are now challenging their users to beat the new record. The current world record was set using the Windows-powered Samsung Omnia II, so it would be cool for an Android phone to take the top spot. I know a lot of our readers downloaded the <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/download-swype-beta-for-android-now\/\">Swype Beta<\/a>, so give it a try if you are bored and desire to be in the record books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Due to the overwhelming demand, Swype has temporarily closed the beta test for their Android app. Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.swype.com\/\">Swype Beta for Android<\/a> site to register and they will notify you when the beta is re-opened.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"520\" height=\"317\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WAh-FqEizi4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Thanks to Twitter I found out <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Acsteffy87\/status\/11456072221\">Andrew Steffy<\/a> has already beat the record with a time of 34.9 seconds. Who is going to try and top that?<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"520\" height=\"317\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/29UZTJpKArI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Swype<\/strong>: <em>If you think you have beaten the record, please contact Guinness  World Records. All officially recognized Guinness World Records attempts  start by completing and submitting an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/register\/register.aspx?existing=0.\">application accessible through the official site<\/a>. 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In reality they seldom attack a human. Thank you can type Swype the above phrase in under 35.54 seconds? An ex-Swype employee recently set the Guinness World Record for fastest text message on a touchscreen mobile phone, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4206,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2XYs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}