Patent ID: 7202802

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a body; a first plurality of input keys disposed on the body, at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys being associated with both a numeric value and a first set of alphabetic values, at least some of the input keys of the first plurality of input keys being arranged in a first alphabetic keypad layout based on their respective first sets of alphabetic values; and a second plurality of input keys disposed on the body, and positioned adjacent to the first plurality of input keys, at least some input keys of the second plurality of input keys being associated with at least one alphabetic value, at least some of the input keys of the second plurality of input keys being arranged in a second alphabetic keypad layout different from the first alphabetic keypad layout and wherein at least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys have a second set of alphabetic values that is used as part of the second alphabetic keypad layout.