Hmmm, the Besta MT-7000 has a little button, press it and the interface language changes from English to Chinese and vice versa. The touch screen writing makes entering Chinese characters a breeze, although you do need to know how to write Chinese :icon_cheesygrin::icon_cheesygrin: Entering English language can be done on a virtual keyboard with a stylus, or through handwriting recognition, for me the virtual keyboard is faster.
It's a multimedia player as well, and it is able to read SD cards, even my SDHC with 8gb although it was not full, the manual states 2GB max capacity. It seems easier to use because I got the hang of it very fast and only looked at the manual later, and not in detail. It also provides a series of animated Chinese lessons as well as a standard phrase book sorted by situation, I learned a few bits from it. The only thing entirely in Chinese are the video games.
It's been used extensively on 2 trips, what's nice is that Chinese who don't know it can use it instantaneously to write to you, it dropped from 3-4 feet on a very hard floor and still works, the battery seems to last several days if you don't use it all the time, the screen's display quality and backlight are excellent, it seems to be very scratch resistant and it charges off USB ports so no need for a charger in the bag. Charge time to full is over 3 hours, I usually plug it in when going to sleep.
In short, I can only recommend it, and I am not affiliated with Besta. The only downside is people will want to keep it because it's so nice ...
Frank
