'Thumb tribe' heroes.

PositionCELLPHONES - Ha Mok-min, 16, and Bae Yeong-ho, 17, won the international texting competition held in New York in January - Brief article

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Two South Korean teens recently conquered the world with their thumbs: Ha Mok-min, 16, and Bae Yeong-ho, 17, won ah international texting competition held in New York in January. The first Mobile World Cup, hosted by the South Korean cellphone maker LG Electronics, matched two-person teams from 13 countries. (The U.S. team came in second; Argentina was third.) They had to copy phrases streaming across a monitor as accurately and as quickly as possible. Bae and Ha--who both type at the rate of...

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