Patent ID: 8416195
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G06F,H01H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic communication device having a left edge and a right edge and comprising: a keyboard having twenty-six letter keys and at least one other key, the twenty-six letter keys and the at least one other key being arranged in an upper row, a middle row, and a lower row, the rows of keys being bisected by a vertical reference line substantially midway between the left side of the key nearest the left edge of the device and the right side of the key nearest the right edge of the device, the upper row including 10 letter keys, the middle row including 9 letter keys and the lower row including 7 letter keys, each letter key in the lower row being in substantial vertical alignment with a letter key in the middle row, each letter key in the middle row being in substantial vertical alignment with a letter key in the upper row, and the keys in each of the rows being disposed on opposite sides of the vertical reference line such that in the upper row five letter keys are disposed on each side of the vertical reference line, in the middle row five letter keys are disposed on one side of the vertical reference line and four letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line, and in the lower row four letter keys are disposed on the one side of the vertical reference line and three letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line.