Patent ID: 6593859
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus comprising:a body portion including circuit means for controlling the data processing apparatus and having a display panel provided on a front face thereof; a support portion including a body member having a rear end portion rotatably linked to a lower end portion of the body portion so as to be integral therewith and inseparable therefrom and sized to support, by itself, the body portion in a generally upright position on a support surface apart from a key input portion; a key input portion that has a top surface thereof formed within an identical plane with a top surface of the body member and that is detachably linked to a front end portion of the body member of the support portion; and a communication portion for communicating data entered in the key input portion to the body portion on a cordless basis when the key input portion is detached from the support portion.