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Background and Identification

Building on the idea that smaller is better, many companies decided that even a laptop could be made more portable, and the era of tablets was born. While most tablets have a few buttons, they tend to utilize touch-screen technology. Tablet computers come in a range of sizes and are manufactured by many different companies.

The Kyros line of tablets was introduced by Coby, an American manufacturer of consumer electronics products, in early 2011. Coby’s tablets were released as less-expensive tablets designed to compete with Apple’s iPads.

Android tablets incapsulate any tablet computers running on the Android OS operating system. Tablets occupy the weird space in between phones and computers, functioning as larger mobile devices that rely primarily on touch input, although some models have the functionality to attach additional peripherals. Android tablets can be largely identified as any tablet computer not using either Windows OS or iOS.

Coby tablets include the name “Coby” in capital letters in the center of the tablet’s backing. They often include Android’s three-button navigation system which includes a house-shaped button as a “home” button in the center of the tablet’s bottom bezel, a rectangle as a “show-all-applications” button on the right of the “home” button, and a “back” button depicted with an arrow pointing to the left.

Additional Information

• Coby Kyros Tablets

• HowStuffWorks: How Coby Tablets Work

• Wikipedia: Coby Electronics Corporation