a portable electronic tablet device for children in this embodiment the interactive button 120 may serve many functions since the screen 112 is a touchscreen which already provides a source of input the interactive button 120 may be used as a shortcut key for example the interactive button 120 may be used as a home key to return the user to a home screen alternatively the interactive button 120 could be used to run a specific application such as a game or an educational program in the embodiment shown the plurality of front lights 122 124 126 and 128 disposed on the front of the portable electronic apparatus 100 serve as additional sources of output the plurality of front lights 122 124 126 and 128 may serve different functions depending on the program that the apparatus 100 is running for example if a multiplayer game is being played plurality of front lights 122 124 126 and 128 may be used to identify a specific player in the embodiment shown in fig5 the camera 140 is a source of input for the portable electronic apparatus 100 in this embodiment the camera is a 1 3 mega pixel camera configured to take pictures.