Patent ID: 7242765

Claim:
A cellular telephonic device, comprising: a body which contains cellular telephone circuitry, a power source, and speech activation circuitry including processing circuitiry, memory circuitry and computer program code stored in said speech activation circuitry; an earpiece connected to said body and adapted to be positioned adjacent to the user's ear, said earpiece including an internal speaker for delivering sound to the user's ear, and an external speaker electrically coupled to the internal speaker for allowing the user to hear ambient noise through the internal speaker, and adapted to allow a ring tone to be heard externally of the device; and a boom attached to the earpiece, the boom containing a microphone and physically connected to a switch, said switch adapted to be operated by movement of the boom to control operation of said device, said switch including an off position for placing the device in a standby mode, a conversation position, and a third position adapted to place the device in a mode in which said device can be programmed; and wherein operation of said external speaker and control of placing the device in an off-hook state and an on-hook state are executed using the speech activation circuitry.