Patent ID: 8396519

Claim:
An electronic device comprising a first housing and a second housing, the first and second housings configured to provide a device open configuration, a first device closed configuration and a second device closed configuration, wherein, in the device closed configurations, a first face of the first housing and a first face of the second housing are configured to overlie one another and, in the open configuration, the first face of the first and second housings are configured to be spaced apart compared to the closed configurations to reveal the respective first faces, wherein, in a first device closed configuration, a first portion of the first face of the second housing is covered by the first face of the first housing and, in a second device closed configuration, the first portion of the first face of the second housing is revealed so as to provide a user operable interface, wherein an outer face of the first housing comprises at least one of a menu and a key to select a functional mode of one or more functional modes of the device, and wherein the provided user operable interface of the first portion of the first face of the second housing is configured in response to the selecting to be used to operate the selected functional mode of the device.