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Records are meant to be broken, and it is always nice to see how companies or individuals do their very best in order to break a certain record out there. The 4-minute mile, the sub-10 second 100m dash, there are so many examples of a race against time. Windows Phone 8.1 comes into the picture this time around, where the virtual QWERTY keyboard on the Windows Phone platform has been touted to be one of the better features that is made available to the masses by Microsoft’s mobile operating system.

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Word Flow Sets World Record For Fastest Text On A Touchscreen original content from Ubergizmo.

Transcend has just added a new storage capacity ’32GB’ to its 600x (Ultimate) microSDHC Class 10 UHS-I memory card line-up. Codenamed TS32GUSDHC10U1, this tiny card comes with Class 10 UHS-I speed specification and promises to deliver read and write speeds of up to 90MB/s and 60MB/s, respectively. The TS32GUSDHC10U1 will begin shipping from mid-April for 6,980 Yen (about $67). [Transcend]

Here’s the newest addition to Storm System Technology’s slim desktop PC line-up, the Storm Linux Box Slim Tower Ubuntu 13.10 SP. The system is equipped with a 2.70GHz Intel Celeron G1820 processor, an Intel B85 Express Chipset, an Intel HD Graphics, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 120GB SSD (Samsung SSD 840 EVO Series), a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 300W 80PLUS BRONZE power supply and runs on Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop 64-bit OS. The Storm Linux Box Slim Tower Ubuntu 13.10 SP sells for 46,440 Yen (about $449). [Product Page]

Elgato has announced the availability of their new Thunderbolt Dock. Designed for both Mac and PC users, the dock is equipped with 2x Thunderbolt ports, 1x HDMI port, 1x Gigabit Ethernet port, 3x USB 3.0 ports, 1x 3.5mm audio output port, 1x 3.5mm microphone input port and 1x power input port. The Elgato Thunderbolt Dock retails for $229.95 (Thunderbolt cable included). [Product Page]

With the HTC One M8 having been launched not too long ago, we’re sure many of you guys are wondering how it is doing compared to its predecessor, the HTC One (M7). Unfortunately it seems that the handset is not doing particularly well, at least according to Chitika who reports that out of all the HTC phones in North America, the HTC One M8 only accounts for 0.1% of all HTC devices in use.

Yes we know the phone was just launched about a week ago but in comparison to the HTC One, it is doing as well. Back in 2013 when the phone was launched, the HTC One managed to account for 1% of all HTC devices in North America in a week, so safe to say for some reason the HTC One M8 isn’t as well-received.

Is this something that HTC should be worried about, especially since the company is doing so hot at the moment? Well according to HTC’s Jason Mackenzie, it seems that they aren’t too fazed by the numbers. According to Mackenzie, this is because the HTC One M8 will only be available full retail on the 11th of April, meaning that there is still an opportunity for those numbers to rise.

In fact Mackenzie goes on to state that they are actually pretty satisfied with the initial results. Perhaps HTC is measuring their success in a different way, or perhaps these numbers are actually in line with what they had expected all along, but either way just looking at the numbers alone, it does not look like a good start. Then again, slow and steady wins the race, right?

One M8′s Slow Start Does Not Faze HTC , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, HTC One (M8),