Patent ID: 7006077

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a housing containing communications electronics, responsive to a movable housing element signal, for providing a communications signal to a communications system; a movable housing element being mounted movably on the housing, having a touch sensitive area that is responsive to a contact force applied by a user, and having touch sensitive circuitry for providing a force position signal indicative of the position of the contact force in relation to at least one dimension of the movable housing element; a sensor, for providing a movable housing element position signal indicative of the position of the movable housing element in relation to the housing; and means for providing the movable housing element signal based on the force position signal and the movable housing element position signal, the touch sensitive area including a keyboard with preprinted key signs, the function of the movable housing element changing based on the position thereof in relation to the main body, and when the moveable housing element is in a closed position in relation to the main body, the moveable housing element operating in a keyboard mode with the force position signal containing information about the preprinted key signs contacted by the user.