Patent ID: 7349004
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile telephone handset comprising a radio telecommunications interface for wirelessly transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a mobile telecommunications network, the handset comprising: first and second audio loudspeakers positioned to output audio from two different locations on the handset; a first portion and a second, different portion, wherein the second portion is attached to the first portion, wherein the first audio loudspeaker is mounted on the first portion and the second audio loudspeaker is mounted on the second portion, wherein the first and second loudspeakers are located near the ends of the first and second portions respectively, wherein the ends are each remote from the location of the attachment between the first and second portions; a graphics display configured to generate video output, wherein the graphics display is mounted on the first portion; and a man machine interface, wherein the man machine interface is mounted on the second portion, wherein the first and second portions are movable from a first relative position, in which the handset is compact and in which the audio loudspeakers are relatively closely spaced, to a second relative position in which the audio loudspeakers are relatively widely spaced, wherein when the handset is in the second relative position, the handset is capable of operating in at least a first operating mode and a second operating mode, wherein when the handset is in the second relative position and in the first operating mode, the handset is adapted to generate a stereophonic audio output from the first and second audio loudspeakers, and wherein when the handset is in the second relative position and in the second operating mode, the handset is adapted to operate as a conventional mobile telephone handset such that when the handset is held against the head of a user, an audio loudspeaker rests adjacent an ear of the user and a microphone rests adjacent the mouth of the user.