Patent ID: 7881743
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A handheld mobile communication device for transmitting and receiving data, the device comprising: a display mounted in a first housing, for displaying information to a user; and an auxiliary input mounted in a second housing, for inputting data, the second housing movable in relation to the first housing between a closed position, which situates the auxiliary input behind the display and facing in the opposite direction as the display, and an open position, in which the auxiliary input and the display are positioned to allow simultaneous viewing and input; wherein the auxiliary input is further operable for dialing a telephone number in the closed position in which the auxiliary input is behind the display; wherein the second housing includes a hinge for hingedly attaching the second housing to the first housing; and wherein, in the closed position, the auxiliary input is held in a recess on a back portion of the first housing.