Patent ID: 8064962

Claim:
A portable electronic device having an internal screen for the display of information, the electronic device also having a flexible external screen arranged to receive information from the electronic device and being capable of displaying said information on a bistable electro-optic medium, the device further comprising a housing, the external screen being movable between a retracted position, in which less than the full display area of the external screen is displayed, and an extended position, in which substantially the full display area of the external screen is displayed, the external screen extending a greater distance from the housing in its extended position that in its retracted position, the device further comprising an end support member and two side support members which, when the external screen is in its extended position, serve to hold the external screen substantially flat, each of the side support members comprising a pivotable section which, when the external screen is in its extended position, extends away from the housing but which, when the external screen is in its retracted position, can be pivoted to lie adjacent the housing.