Patent ID: 7106857
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication device comprising: a display having a display field for presenting information; means for performing key functions comprising a first part and a second part, said first part of said means for performing key functions being for performing at least functions associated with number keys; an electro-acoustic transducer for converting an electric audio signal into an acoustic audio signal; a housing comprising at least a first end, a second end, and a front panel located between the first and second ends, said display and said means for performing key functions being situated in connection with said front panel; a cover part attached to said housing arranged for movement between a first limit position and a second limit position, in which first limit position at least the first part of said means for performing key functions is covered by the cover part and the display field of the display remains uncovered by the cover part, and in which second limit position both the first part and the second part of said means for performing key functions and the display field of the display are uncovered by the cover part; said display and said first and second parts of said means for performing key functions being located in the housing of the wireless communication device in fixed relation with respect to each other such that the second part of said means for performing key functions is located between the first part of said means for performing key functions and the display, and the display is located nearer the first end of the housing than the first part of said means for performing key functions and the electro-acoustic transducer.