The Cius tablet was not a mainstream device, such as Apple's or Samsung's Tab, but a purpose-built device that would be used for specific solutions involving its IP phones. It was introduce to much fanfare at the 2010 Cisco Live show in Las Vegas, but it did not sell well at all.

"Based on these market transitions, Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no further enhancements will be made to the current Cius endpoint beyond what's available today," O.J. Winge, Cisco's senior vice-president and general manager of the collaboration endpoints technology group, said in a blog post.

He went on to say that this decision does not mean the Cius is entirely dead nor on life-support. Cisco will continue to offer Cius in a limited fashion to customers with specific needs or use cases. For example, Cisco demonstrated during the Cius launch a K-12 education solution where the Cius would be housed on an IP phone at the teacher's desk and be used to assign homework, projects and essays to student who would receive the information on the tablet of their choice. This solution would also bring in subject-matter experts into the classroom. The example the Cisco demo used was a submarine captain in the Caspian Sea explaining to students the workings of a sub.

Market analyst and Cisco watcher Jon Arnold of Jon Arnold and Associates was surprised at the move.