Patent ID: 7330737
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A multi-media cradle adapted to receive a mobile phone, comprising: a housing; a cradle mounted to the housing for seating the mobile phone such that the multi-media cradle is electrically coupled with the mobile phone via a system bus line and the mobile phone will re-charge its battery when seated in the cradle; a display mounted to the housing for viewing text and images originally intended for the mobile phone's display; a speaker mounted to the housing for reproducing audio output originally intended for the mobile phone's speaker; a microphone mounted to the housing for picking up audio input originally intended for the mobile phone's microphone; a QWERTY type keyboard mounted to the housing for entering text and characters to be used by the mobile phone; a plurality of data ports mounted to the housing that allow the multi-media cradle to be coupled with a variety of peripheral devices; a plurality of removable storage media ports mounted to the housing and adapted to receive removable storage media such that data can be stored, retrieved, and exchanged between a removable storage media and the mobile phone; a short range RF transceiver, the short range RF transceiver being capable of exchanging data from the mobile phone with an external device and broadcasting audio output from the mobile phone to an external device, the short range RF transceiver being tunable for broadcasting audio signals over the frequency spectrum associated with FM band radio; and an enhanced numeric keypad mounted to the housing for accessing the mobile phone's call control features including dialing numbers, sending calls, and receiving calls.