Patent ID: 8463315

Claim:
A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages, said device comprising: a hand cradleable body configured to be held in one hand by an operator of said device during text entry; a display located on a front face of said body and upon which information is displayed to the operator during text entry; a key field located on the front face of said elongate body, said key field being composed of a plurality of keys selected from a plurality of alphanumeric input keys and at least one menu key; a navigation tool located on the front face of said body; said alphanumeric input keys comprising a plurality of alphabetic keys having letters associated therewith and said letters, in a top row of said alphabetic keys, comprising in consecutive order the letters Q, W, E, R and T; a microprocessor configured to receive operator commands from said alphanumeric input keys, said menu keys and said navigation tool and to affect corresponding changes to the display; and a plurality of keys of said key field are substantially arranged in rows and columns, a top key in a column adjacent to the navigation tool has a shaped edge conformance fitting to a shaped boundary about the navigation tool and each key in that column is offset below the other keys in each associated row, with each key in the column adjacent to the navigation tool has substantially the same shape which is a different shape compared to the shape of keys in the other columns.