Patent ID: 7903152

Claim:
A digital camera comprising: a palm-sized housing that fits in a hand; at least one of (1) a built-in microphone, (2) a wired microphone, or (3) a GPS; at least one of (1) a wired or wireless earphone, (2) a built-in speaker, or (3) a display; a jack for a wired connector to one of a computer or a television; a replaceable flash memory card configured to store data captured by at least one of the (1) digital camera, (2) built-in microphone, (3) wired microphone, or (4) GPS and to reproduce the stored data by at least one of the (1) wired or wireless earphone, (2) built-in speaker, (3) display, (4) computer, or (5) television; the memory card comprising at least one engagement feature without an elastic member or element on the memory card; the memory card being asymmetrically shaped; the stored data comprising one or more of sounds, real-time moving images, combined sounds and moving images, combined text and sounds, still images, and GPS location information with or without images; a socket in the housing for directly receiving longitudinally the memory card without a separate card adapter case or card locking elastic member in the housing, the socket comprising an internal engagement element and a spring disposed in the socket; the engagement element comprising a latching device including a lever pivotally connected to the housing, wherein the engagement element of the socket mates with the engagement feature of the memory card when the memory card is fully inserted in the socket and secures the memory card in the socket, with the spring facilitating removal of the memory card from the socket by spring power; the socket being asymmetrically shaped at least at one corner of the socket for preventing incorrect insertion of the memory card; the socket selectively receiving the memory card; the socket and the memory card being operatively connected to a microprocessor and at least one of the microphone, the wired microphone, the earphone, the display, the camera, the GPS or the jack; and the microprocessor being configured to at least one of, capture, record, reproduce or transfer data to and from the memory card.