Technology
A tablet to cure PC headaches
Updated: 2011-05-27 10:42
By Tuo Yannan (China Daily)
However, ErenEben still has a few things to improve in order to catch up with the multinational company Apple. The most important one is that the handwriting recognition software does not support English.
When I wrote "let me try it", the tablet displayed "1metrr=v". Then I tried "let's go", and the Word application crashed.
When I phoned the company's customer services department, I was told that they do not have any representatives who speak English.
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Apple asked me to make an online reservation first and wait for at least a week to see a service representative, even though I was already in their store.
If you request a demo from ErenEben, the company will send a trained employee to hand-deliver their product to your door and show you how to use it.
If you do not want to purchase the tablet PC, the representatives will express their appreciation for showing interest in their product. In terms of providing better sales service, many companies are now far ahead of Apple.
However, Chinese tablet PC companies do not have a price advantage compared with the iPad.
The ErenEben tablet typically costs around 5,000 yuan ($732) for the latest 16-gigabyte 3G version, while an iPad 2 with similar specifications costs $629.
Regardless, ErenEben's tablet PC is another alternative among a wide variety of similar devices hoping to make it in a competitive market.
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