Patent ID: 7532915

Claim:
A portable electronic communication apparatus having at least three modes of operation and including a first user-interface comprising a display and a second user interface comprising a keypad, the apparatus including: first and second housing members each having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first user interface being provided at the first surface of the first housing member and the second user interface being provided at the first surface of the second member, and a connecting mechanism for movably connecting the first and second housing members, wherein a position of the first and second members relative to each other determines a mode of operation of the apparatus such that: when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned together in a second closed position such that the second surface of the first housing member is closed toward one surface of the other housing member such that the first user interface and the second user interface are fully accessible, the apparatus is in a standby mode of operation in which the first user interface is active and the second user interface in inactive, when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned together in a first closed position such that the first surface of the first member is closed toward one surface of the other member such that the first user interface and the second user interface are inaccessible, the apparatus is in an inactive mode of operation in which both the first user interface and the second user interface are inactive, and when the first and second housing members are connected and positioned apart from each other in an open position, the apparatus comprises a fully operational active mode of operation in which both the first user interface and the second user interface are fully accessible and active.