A mobile communication device comprising: a first member having a user interface; a second member; a linked end; and a linkage mechanism coupling the first member and the second member near the linked end such that the device has a closed position and an opened position, the linkage mechanism comprising: a first link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the first link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the first link, to the first member by a first pivot and pivotably connected, at the second end of the first link, to the second member by a second pivot; a second link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the second link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the second link, to the first member by a third pivot and pivotably connected, at a second end of the second link, to the second member by a fourth pivot, wherein the second and fourth pivots (818, 826) are disposed at a first distance apart lengthwise on the second member, the first and third pivots (816, 824) are disposed at a second distance apart on the first member, the second distance being shorter than the first distance, in the closed position: the user interface is inaccessible; the second link is nearer to the linked end than the first link; the first pivot of the first link is nearer to the second member than the third pivot of the second link; and the first end of the first link is received in the recess of the second link, and in the opened position: the user interface is accessible; the third pivot of the second link is nearer to the second member than the first pivot of the first link; and the first end of the second link is received in the recess of the first link; and a portion of the first member overlaps the second member. a first member having a user interface; a second member; a linked end; and a linkage mechanism coupling the first member and the second member near the linked end such that the device has a closed position and an opened position, the linkage mechanism comprising: a first link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the first link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the first link, to the first member by a first pivot and pivotably connected, at the second end of the first link, to the second member by a second pivot; a second link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the second link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the second link, to the first member by a third pivot and pivotably connected, at a second end of the second link, to the second member by a fourth pivot, wherein the second and fourth pivots (818, 826) are disposed at a first distance apart lengthwise on the second member, the first and third pivots (816, 824) are disposed at a second distance apart on the first member, the second distance being shorter than the first distance, in the closed position: the user interface is inaccessible; the second link is nearer to the linked end than the first link; the first pivot of the first link is nearer to the second member than the third pivot of the second link; and the first end of the first link is received in the recess of the second link, and in the opened position: the user interface is accessible; the third pivot of the second link is nearer to the second member than the first pivot of the first link; and the first end of the second link is received in the recess of the first link; and a portion of the first member overlaps the second member. a first link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the first link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the first link, to the first member by a first pivot and pivotably connected, at the second end of the first link, to the second member by a second pivot; a second link having a first end, a second end, and a recess, the second link being pivotably connected, at the first end of the second link, to the first member by a third pivot and pivotably connected, at a second end of the second link, to the second member by a fourth pivot, wherein the second and fourth pivots (818, 826) are disposed at a first distance apart lengthwise on the second member, the first and third pivots (816, 824) are disposed at a second distance apart on the first member, the second distance being shorter than the first distance, in the closed position: the user interface is inaccessible; the second link is nearer to the linked end than the first link; the first pivot of the first link is nearer to the second member than the third pivot of the second link; and the first end of the first link is received in the recess of the second link, and in the opened position: the user interface is accessible; the third pivot of the second link is nearer to the second member than the first pivot of the first link; and the first end of the second link is received in the recess of the first link; and a portion of the first member overlaps the second member.