Patent ID: 8504124

Claim:
A mobile computing device, comprising: a housing having a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a configuration portion, the configuration portion to allow the first housing portion and the second housing portion to move relative to each other to form a first configuration or a second configuration; a magnetic sensor disposed in the first housing portion, the magnetic sensor to measure a magnetic field strength for a magnet, and output a position signal indicative of the first configuration or the second configuration based on the measured magnetic field strength, the measured magnetic field strength representing a distance between the magnet and the magnetic sensor, the position signal indicating the first configuration before a minimum distance is measured and indicating the second configuration before a maximum distance is measured; a feature control module to enable a transceiver for hands-free voice communication based on the position signal indicative of the first configuration, and a second set of hardware components for text communication based on the position signal indicative of the second configuration; and a speaker with the magnet disposed in the second housing portion.