Patent ID: 6999802
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable communication apparatus, operable in a phone operation mode or a PDA operation mode, having a digital camera, a speaker and a microphone, comprising: a first housing including an upper portion, a lower portion, a receiving space hollowed between the upper portion and the lower portion and having a planar surface at the bottom of the receiving space, a lens housing protruding from the upper portion in a longitudinal direction wherein a lens of the digital camera is exposed in the longitudinal direction of the lens housing; a second housing including an upper portion having a phone LCD and a phone keypad with a plurality of keys, and a lower portion having a PDA touch screen, wherein the PDA touch screen is adjacent to the planar surface in the phone operation mode, while the phone keypad and the phone LCD are adjacent to the planar surface in the PDA operation mode; and a biaxial hinge unit for connecting the second housing to the first housing to rotate the second housing about two perpendicular axes with respect to the first housing.