Patent ID: 7379762

Claim:
A portable digital device comprising: control devices for controlling operating functions of the portable digital device in response to manual actuation by a user, wherein the control devices include a first button, a second button and a rotatable knob; a digital display for displaying information to the user; and a processor for rotating the displayed information from a right-hand orientation to a left-hand orientation, and from the left-hand orientation to the right-hand orientation, wherein the right-hand orientation is for right-hand use of the portable digital device by the user, the left-hand orientation is for left-hand use of the portable digital device by the user, the first button provides a first operating function of the portable digital device in the right-hand orientation and a second operating function that is a reverse of the first operating function in the left-hand orientation, the second button provides the second operating function in the right-hand orientation and the first operating function in the left-hand orientation, and the knob provides a third operating function for the portable digital device in the right-hand and left-hand orientations and reverses orientation of the third operating function between the right-hand and left-hand orientations.