Patent ID: 6919879

Claim:
A hand-held messaging device, comprising: a miniaturized QWERTY style keyboard that is horizontally positioned symmetrically between a left edge and a right edge of a face of the hand-held messaging device and having a plurality of keys arranged in three rows across the face, wherein each row of keys is arranged in a concave pattern and wherein each of the plurality of keys is aligned along a vertical axis with a key from an adjacent row of keys, the vertical axis extending perpendicularly from a top edge to a bottom edge of the hand-held messaging device; a display that is vertically positioned between the keyboard and a top edge of the face and horizontally positioned symmetrically between the left edge and the right edge of the face; and a processor coupled to the keyboard and the display that controls the operation of the hand-held messaging device; wherein keys that are aligned along a vertical axis are aligned with substantially no vertical offset.