Patent ID: 7714838

Claim:
A handheld electronic device comprising: a case having a first edge and comprising a housing and a cover, the housing having a housing surface, the cover having a cover surface and having an elongated channel formed therein opposite the cover surface; an output apparatus comprising an audio transducer disposed on the housing closely adjacent said case first edge; the case having an indentation formed in at least one of the housing adjacent the housing surface and the cover adjacent the cover surface; at least a portion of the cover surface being disposed adjacent at least a portion of the housing surface; the indentation being disposed between and forming a cavity in the case between at least a portion of the housing adjacent the housing surface and at least a portion of the cover adjacent the cover surface, the cavity being elongated along at least a first axis; the audio transducer being in fluid communication with the cavity; the case having at least a first opening formed therein providing fluid communication between the cavity and the channel; the at least first opening being spaced from said case first edge along the at least first axis from the audio transducer; wherein the cover comprises an insert and a lens disposed adjacent one another, the indentation and the at least first opening being formed in the insert, the channel being disposed between the insert and the lens; wherein at least a portion of the lens overlies at least a portion of the insert; and wherein the insert comprises a body and a tongue, the tongue protruding from the body, at least a portion of the cover surface being disposed on the tongue, the at least portion of the lens overlying at least a portion of the tongue.