A portable electronic device, comprising: a first housing; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, the first housing and the second housing movable between a closed position, an open position and a transition position between the open position and the closed position; at least one touchscreen display operable to recognize touch down events when an actuator is placed onto the touchscreen display and to recognize lift up events when the actuator is subsequently removed from the touchscreen display after touch down events; characterized by: at least one positioning object (236, 238), wherein a first position object has a first magnetic field strength and a second position object has a second magnetic field strength different than the first magnetic field strength; at least one position sensor (230, 232) comprising different magnetic field strength triggering points and operable to detect each of the different magnetic field strengths using the different magnetic field strength triggering points, and further operable to produce a sensor output signal based on the magnetic field strength triggering point being triggered by one of the magnetic field strengths; wherein the portable electronic device is operable to: determine whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position based on the sensor output signal produced by the at least one position object (236, 238); register an input command when one of the touch down events is followed by a successive lift up event, and disregard the input command when the at least one position sensor (230, 232) detects that the electronic device is in the transition position to disable the touchscreen display. a first housing; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, the first housing and the second housing movable between a closed position, an open position and a transition position between the open position and the closed position; at least one touchscreen display operable to recognize touch down events when an actuator is placed onto the touchscreen display and to recognize lift up events when the actuator is subsequently removed from the touchscreen display after touch down events; characterized by: at least one positioning object (236, 238), wherein a first position object has a first magnetic field strength and a second position object has a second magnetic field strength different than the first magnetic field strength; at least one position sensor (230, 232) comprising different magnetic field strength triggering points and operable to detect each of the different magnetic field strengths using the different magnetic field strength triggering points, and further operable to produce a sensor output signal based on the magnetic field strength triggering point being triggered by one of the magnetic field strengths; wherein the portable electronic device is operable to: determine whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position based on the sensor output signal produced by the at least one position object (236, 238); register an input command when one of the touch down events is followed by a successive lift up event, and disregard the input command when the at least one position sensor (230, 232) detects that the electronic device is in the transition position to disable the touchscreen display. at least one positioning object (236, 238), wherein a first position object has a first magnetic field strength and a second position object has a second magnetic field strength different than the first magnetic field strength; at least one position sensor (230, 232) comprising different magnetic field strength triggering points and operable to detect each of the different magnetic field strengths using the different magnetic field strength triggering points, and further operable to produce a sensor output signal based on the magnetic field strength triggering point being triggered by one of the magnetic field strengths; wherein the portable electronic device is operable to: determine whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position based on the sensor output signal produced by the at least one position object (236, 238); register an input command when one of the touch down events is followed by a successive lift up event, and disregard the input command when the at least one position sensor (230, 232) detects that the electronic device is in the transition position to disable the touchscreen display. determine whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position based on the sensor output signal produced by the at least one position object (236, 238); register an input command when one of the touch down events is followed by a successive lift up event, and disregard the input command when the at least one position sensor (230, 232) detects that the electronic device is in the transition position to disable the touchscreen display.