Patent ID: 7209113

Claim:
A hand-held computing system comprising: a housing having an elongated opening therein, the elongated opening being configured to receive a nonelectronic input device, the elongated opening having an inside surface, at least two electrical contacts being positioned on the inside surface of the elongated opening; a cover portion configured to cover at least a portion of the housing; a connection portion having an end which fits in the elongated opening and which has at least two electrical contacts which make electrical contact with the at least two electrical contacts on the inside surface of the elongated opening when the connection portion is positioned in the elongated opening, the cover portion being attached to the connection portion; and a stylus holder mounted on the cover portion, the stylus holder being capable of receiving a stylus; wherein the elongated opening of the housing has a blind end portion, and wherein a first portion of the connection portion is positioned adjacent to a portion of the cover and the first portion of the connection portion is attached to the adjacent portion of the cover; and wherein a second portion of the connection portion that is located adjacent to the end of the connection portion is free of attachment to an adjacent portion of the cover such that the second portion is insertable into the blind end portion of the elongated opening of the housing.