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Dubai, UAE, December 28th, 2011: General Enterprises Company (GECO), one of the leading consumer electronics and domestic appliances companies in the region, announced the launch of the 'COBY' range of tablet PC's in the UAE during this holiday season. COBY KYROS tablet PC is an innovative and powerful device with features such as the Android operating system, high-speed wireless Internet access, video-sharing capability, 4GB internal memory expandable upto 32GB and accessibility to tons of other applications. The tablets are priced between AED499 – AED1299 and the product is widely available across all the major electronic stores, hyper markets and retail outlets in the UAE.

"The new unit allows users to wirelessly access the Internet through high-speed networking support and features more than a dozen built-in applications, each identified with a different icon. Among the included apps are browser for surfing the web, calculator, calendar, email, gallery for viewing and playing movies, music and video player to watch the latest Internet videos, an alarm clock and more," said Mr. Tanvir Hassnain, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, GECO.

COBY Electronics has its corporate headquarters in New York City, United States. "Over the last six decades, GECO has established prestigious franchises for some of the most popular household names in the consumer electronics and domestic appliances industry. Today we are delighted to bring the latest range of tablet PC's to the market and give consumers an innovative, stylish, feature-rich, affordable and user-friendly option. They truly stand apart as the must-have, priced-right portable entertainment solution for today's on-the-go consumer. Whether browsing the web, reading e-books, watching online videos or having access to thousands of downloadable games and applications, COBY units bring entertainment into the palms of consumers' hands," said Mr. Hakim Sarpanch, CEO, GECO.

COBY was founded by Mr. Young Dong Lee in 1991, with the corporate objective of delivering value, quality, and innovation in consumer electronics products to all consumers at all levels of income. Mr. Young Dong Lee set this objective in the mid 1980's while building a separate, over $100 million business in New York City.

GECO operates a strong countrywide dealership network that is supported by two fully equipped state-of-the-art service centres in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi as well as custom-built modern warehouses and a large fleet of vehicles. The distribution of GECO products is further augmented by strategically placed showrooms across the country.

This COBY KYROS tablet offers two unique apps, Aldiko E-book for downloading and reading thousands of e-books, and AppsLib for browsing, downloading and installing apps. A range of themes are available to assist users in customizing the look of their brand-new COBY KYROS Tablet. The Aldiko E-book app enables users to download and read a wide assortment of books, from free classics to original new releases. Bookmark and search functions let consumers customize the font, size and spacing of the book's text. Through AppsLib, consumers can download free and paid apps to play games, check the weather, listen to the radio and more. Among the available app categories are games, multimedia, sports, social, productivity, health and finance.