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14,528 texts in one month: Can you beat that?
Technically Incorrect —
... "First, I laughed. I thought, 'That's insane, that's impossible,'" the 45-year-old dad told the New York Post. "And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible." ...
13-year-old girl sends 14,528 text messages in a single month
MobileCrunch —
... Man alive! This young lady sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages in a single month, embarrassing her entire family, yes, but giving the New York Post the opportunity to use “lol” and “omg” in its story. It’s a great paper, really. ...
13-year-old girl sends 14,528 text messages in a single month
CrunchGear —
... Man alive! This young lady sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages in a single month, embarrassing her entire family, but giving the New York Post the opportunity to use “lol” and “omg” in its story. It’s a great paper, really. ...
Reina Hardesty Takes Texting Addiction to a New Level
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... has an unlimited texting plan for Reina which runs $30/month. If this wasn’t the case, he’d be slapped with a bill for almost $3,000/mth for the 14,528 messages sent in her record-setting month.
Since news of this hit the papers, Hardesty and his ex-wife have placed restrictions on Reina’s cellphone use. No kidding!?
Note to Reina: Please, oh please when you start driving… Turn your device OFF. No driving and texting!
[Via: NYPost]
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Kid Sends 14,528 SMS Messages in a Month
Mobilewhack.com —
... a joke. Imagine sending 484 messages a day. That’s one SMS message every three minutes. When did she sleep? Who did she text? The girl was simple bored during the winter break. No TV? Internet access? What about meeting friends instead of texting them? Her dad would have paid $2,905.60 to AT&T but luckily he has one of those $30 per month AT&T unlimited text messages plan. She deserves some kind of award in my book. Oh, and the phone she used was an LG . via nypost Tags: At&T , At&T , LG , LG , Mobile News , ...
Reina est fan de SMS
w3sh magazine —
... s’ennuyait durant la période des fêtes. Cela représente 484 SMS par jour, soit 2 SMS toutes les deux minutes.
Je crois que le père qui est journaliste aurait du offrir un bouquin à sa fille pour Noël. Heureusement que l’adolescente avec un forfait illimité chez l’opérateur AT&T à $30 par mois…
Et vous? quel est votre moyenne de SMS par jour? Moi je dirais que je fluctue entre 3 et 10 par jour.
Via NYPost
Teen sends 14,528 text messages, dad gets 440 page bill
TG Daily - All News —
... , his 13-yr old daughter, would've had to send text message at the rate of 484 per day, or one every two minutes of every waking hour. When the father asked "Who are you texting anyway? Your entire school?" She replied, "A lot of my friends have unlimited texting. I just text them pretty much all the time." According to the report , she routinely messages a core group of "four obsessive texters," all girls between 12 and 13 years old on her LG phone. Reina managed to text one of her friends who was sitting right next to her at a karaoke party. Hardesty's AT&T phone plan ...
California Teen Texts Too Much
ParentDish —
... After more than a quarter of a century as a computer programmer, I'm a pretty fast typist. At least, I used to think so, until I read about Reina Hardesty. The California thirteen-year-old managed to send more than fourteen thousand messages in a single month. Yes, you read that right and yes, it is possible -- her dad, Greg, pulled out the calculator to check after receiving the bill. ...
Teen sends an average of 470 text messages a day
Gizmodiva.com —
... study the average number of text messages sent in a month by teenage girls is 1,742 but 13-year-old Reina Hardesty in the US, broke all records and sent 14,528 text messages in the entire month of December, which averages out to be 470 messages a day, at an average of one every two minutes. Her parents were terrified receiving a 404 page mobile bill, but were spared her parents was her phone plan allows for unlimited texting for US$30 a month or else the bill would reach $3000.
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Kid Racks Up 14,528 Text Messages On Parent's Plan [Cellphones]
Consumerist —
[image] She must have calluses on her thumbs. Teenager Reina Hardesty racked up 14,528 text messages on her parent's AT bill last month. She say's she basically just texting back and forth with four of her friends all day long. Thanks goodness for unlimited text-messaging plans, otherwise it would have cost $2,905.60. Guess for a teenage text insurance policy, $30 is worth it. Reina's parents have since set a limit of no texting after dinner. Good luck enforcing that. This Kid's A Text Maniac [New York Post] (Thanks to Paul!) (Photo: uberculture ) ...
