Weaverville


Text competition heads to town


Spurred by the unlimited texting


plans offered by cell phone carriers, Americans sent more than 1.5 tril- lion text messages last year, accord- ing to CTIA - Te Wireless Asso- ciation. Tat’s about 5 billion text messages per day. In response, the U.S. Cellular


Mobile Tour is bringing the Speed Text Challenge to events around the nation with a Tursday (July 8) stop in Weaverville. Te fastest fingers in the national speed text challenge will win a $10,000 grand prize. Te second- through fifth- place finishers will receive $500 gift cards. Te challenge will be heald from 2 pm to 6 pm at the U.S. Celluar


store in Northridge Commons. Te tournament will return to the


Asheville area during Bele Chere with an expanded mobile tour ex- perience at the festival downtown. In addition to the speed text sta- tion, the exhibit includes a photo activity where customers can have their picture taken using a U.S. Cellular handset and a charging station where customers can charge their cell phone battery. U.S. Cellular customers can also


swap out a dead or dying battery for a fully-charged one for free through the company’s Battery Swap pro- gram.


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