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If you had ordered a zenPad Enso, know that the company has decided on a concrete release date, on its website is now present a countdown of days, hours, minutes and seconds that are missing on 8 May.

The problem is that if he had been ordained zenPad March 22, you must wait 47 days from the time the device will come to you, just two days too long to get a PayPal refund. But more importantly, the producer Smit has disavowed any knowledge about this affair, and Enso itself admitted that the zenPad as such does not exist.

Enso’s CEO, Albert Armandi, said the company obtained the necessary funding for compensation orders, and promises to send zenPad review within two weeks. But now we see how it all started:

In June 2008, Alberto Armandi, Mauritius Colarossi and Olivier Lalonde formed a startup called Wozad.com, trying to collect $ 250,000 through micro financing, arguing that the company would be able to generate 5 billion dollars in sales by 2010 and compete head to head with Google AdWords in 2012. On February 2, 2010 Albert Armandi found some videos on internet tablet MID-560 Smit, and wrote on each of the following comments:

Hey, I’m doing business in China and I just ordered a batch of 500 pieces of Smit 560. What is real and I can show the real images. A sample will be available in about 15 days. Is anyone interested in a resale opportunities?

Every comment has since been accompanied by a link to a series of eBay auctions, each for a batch of 50 tablets. These eBay auctions have been eliminated.

On February 4, Alberto Armandi Enso-now.com buy the domain, providing an address in Shenzhen, China. On March 8, Albert tried to obtain feedback on the website of Y Combinator. He said that it is still a device, but said he was “waiting to meet with the factory to buy the prototype. Two comments later, he wrote: “I’m not pre-sell anything, the device is currently produced and I can send you 500 hundred pieces to you in a week.”

Customers in the official page of Enso on Facebook and other various websites complaining of Naver not even received a confirmation of received payment after purchase. Until about March 30, customers who ordered it through the website zenPad Enso had to send money directly to the account of PayPal co-founder, “OLALONDE.

Originally Enso devices would have to be processed and shipped within 7 working days. Then, customers in the official page of Facebook has written Enso had responded to their email saying that the company had been overwhelmed by orders and the device could be delivered by April 10. Starting this week, the company’s website has been updated as follows:

Thanks to our great and sudden success, our facilities can not keep pace with demand and shipping delays are longer than usual. Are you aware that currently the average wait for delivery is 15-23 days.

On April 7, Multimediawereld.be decides to contact the manufacturer Shenzhen State Micro Technology (SMIT), which confirmed that Enso bought a sample of a tablet, but had not placed an order:

Forrest are from SMIT, how are you? I am responsible for foreign sales of MIS products. Regarding your question below, for Enso did buy a MID-560 sample from us two weeks ago. They have applied for mass production to us.

Forrest also said that the current Multimediawereld MID-560 does not support several features, including 3G connectivity, which claims to avcere zenPad Enso.

Engadget spoke with Olivier Lalonde, who confirmed that the company has never had more than 25 units available, most of whom he says have already been shipped to customers. But he did not want to reveal how many units were sold or how much money the company has accumulated, but told us that less than 15% of their customers have opted for a refund, and Enso has already begun to repay. When asked about the practices of companies selling goods that were never, Olivier said: “Honestly, we did not expect so many orders in a short period of time,” and recommends that all customers concerned to seek a refund, and re-buy later when the company really prove to be there.

Honestly, a company with shadow (or very unprepared) like this, not even worth risking the $ 150 that are required, as there are real alternatives and a price even lower.