Patent ID: 8072427

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a display portion including a display screen; a first keypad portion having a first set of input devices; a second keypad portion having a second set of input devices; and at least one input device associated with at least one of the first keypad portion, the second keypad portion, and the display portion; wherein the first and second keypad portions are independently rotatably coupled to the display portion to provide a plurality of operational configurations for the device; wherein the plurality of operational configurations comprises a first configuration where the first keypad portion is superimposed over at least part of the display portion; wherein the second set of input devices does not overlap the first set of input devices, and wherein the first set of input devices and the second set of input devices are subsets of a third set of input devices operable in a second configuration; wherein the display portion is located between the first keypad portion and the second keypad portion in the first configuration and is rotatable between different angles.