2008 LG National Texting Champion takes home $50,000: omg hez rich!
by Darren Murph 
posted Jul 13th 2008 at 9:32PM
Raising the stakes, are we LG? If you'll recall, the first ever LG National Texting Championship concluded last year by giving the winner some $25,000 to spend on finger strengtheners, backup handsets and ridiculously priced texting packages. This year, the proud victor walked out with double that. 20-year old Nathan Schwartz from Cleveland State swiped the grand prize as he pumped out "Does everybody here know the alphabet? Let's text. Here it goes ... AbcDeFghiJKlmNoPQrStuvWXy & Z! Now I know my A-B-C's, next time won't you text with me?" within a minute with zero mistakes. Apparently Mr. Schwartz utilized an LG enV to key in the winning message, though he did call the iPhone and BlackBerry "superior products." Better cash that LG-signed check fast, buddy -- ever heard of a "stp pymnt?"[Via textually]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ron Mcearchern @ Jul 13th 2008 10:46PM
Wow, LG has to be going nuts. Every article I've seen talks about the winner using an enV, but on-site it was all about the enV2. If you looks close, the trophy is actually two arms holding an enV2.
david @ Jul 14th 2008 12:25AM
wow. a contest for texting. what a loser.
blargh @ Jul 14th 2008 3:47AM
He won 50 grand for taking a minute to text some gibberish. [sarcasm] He's a loser alright... [/sarcasm]
rick @ Jul 14th 2008 2:32PM
How much did you get paid for typing your insults?
Vince @ Jul 16th 2008 3:14PM
Well, that loser has $25,000 more money than me.
jmferrt1 @ Jul 14th 2008 12:54AM
Number 1 rule in contests (and other endeavors, for that matter):
You don't bite the hand that feeds you the check. So get a clue, texting guy. . .
GoodWill8675 @ Jul 14th 2008 2:04AM
He's so cool.
I wish I were him!
SaNcTuS @ Jul 14th 2008 3:12PM
"Better cash that LG-signed check fast, buddy -- ever heard of a "stp pymnt?""
hahahhaah, that made me laugh pretty good. congrats to that guy! Maybe he can get a 3rd thumb so he can text even faster!
Baseer @ Jul 14th 2008 3:56PM
That made me laugh good too. Well done.
Kasona @ Jul 14th 2008 11:12PM
umm, the winner's nott the one who said that iPhones and Blackberries were better... from the article:
"Finally the winner emerged: Nathan Schwartz, a 20-year-old student at Cleveland State College. He took home this year's top prize of $50,000. "
next paragraph:
"But Kyle Jacques, a 20-year-old New York resident, who made it to the quarterfinals, called the iPhone and BlackBerry superior products.
“This is the eighth one I’ve had,” Jacques said, looking down at his orange LG enV. "