Patent ID: 6933926
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: a handheld housing that is taller than it is wide when the mobile device is in an upright position; and a plurality of device keys mounted on the housing, the plurality of device keys corresponding to a QWERTY keyboard of a personal computer having the plurality of device keys arranged in three rows, wherein each of the three rows of device keys is divided into a leading portion and a following portion; each of the three rows of device keys corresponds to a single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard of the personal computer, wherein the leading portion includes all five device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a left portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard, and the following portion includes device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a right portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard; the following portion of the first row is arranged below the leading portion of the first row and is misaligned therewith in a horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the first row; the following portion of the second row is arranged below the leading portion of the second row and misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the second row; and the following portion of the third row is arranged below the leading portion of the third row and is misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the third row.