UK iPad Launch: new Guinness World Record set and Tallest Married Couple Join the Queue

LONDON, May 28, 2010 - Live from the iPad queue at the Apple Store on Regent Street,
the latest Guinness World Record Breaker can be announced today for the
fastest time to type the alphabet on an iPad. Joseph Grech, who is 28 and
originally from Malta, was queuing from 3am before making his record attempt
and setting a new global standard with an astonishing speed of 6.61 seconds
for his fingers to go from A to Z.

Surrounded by over a thousand Apple fans, all hungry to get
their hands on the brand new Apple iPad, breaking this Guinness World Record
was not an easy feat for Joseph.

"I was really looking forward to being one of the first to get
my hands on an iPad, so to also end up getting a Guinness World Record today
is incredible. I'm really happy and can't wait to brag to my friends about
it. The photo of me with the certificate will be my Facebook profile photo!"
said Joseph, the latest addition to the hallowed Guinness World Records hall
of fame.

The stakes were high as Joseph was up against over 30 other
fast-fingers hoping to set a Guinness World Record today. Initially, it
seemed Jordan Chitty from Kennington, London, had set an unbeatable time with
6.7 seconds, but with just minutes to go Joseph mustered the need for speed
and recorded the Guinness World Record breaking time.

A spokesman from Guinness World Records said, "The new Apple
iPad is such an iconic and exciting device. Today it seems only fitting that
arguably the biggest launch in Apple's long and distinguished history is also
the backdrop to its iPad being involved in a Guinness World Record breaker
attempt."

Also queuing for an iPad on Friday morning were the world's tallest
married couple, Keisha and Wilco van Kleef-Bolton, in full wedding dress. The
couple feature on the new free LITE app created specifically for the iPad:
Guinness World Records: At Your Fingertips (
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ipad.aspx). The new app offers an
exclusive collection of multi-layered, world-record feats including
compelling video, images and graphics allowing readers to interact with the
content like never before.

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World Records book is published in more than 100 countries and 25 languages
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Gamer's Edition; a records book devoted solely to the world of computer
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a year. Guinness World Records is part of the Jim Pattison Group, one of
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