Patent ID: 6882285

Claim:
A PDA watch comprising: a chassis; data processing hardware mounted within the chassis and operable for running a software program; a display device coupled to the data processing hardware for displaying output information from the software program, the display device mounted in the chassis so that the display device is viewable by a user of the PDA watch; and an input dial mounted on the chassis, and operable for inputting alphanumeric characters into the software program, wherein the input dial is circular shaped with depictions of the alphanumeric characters lining a circumference of the input dial, wherein an alphanumeric character is inputted into the software program when the depiction of the alphanumeric character is positioned near an input marker and then an input switch is activated, wherein the input dial comprises an outer sheath having an inner circumference greater than an outer circumference of the chassis, wherein the outer sheath fits over the chassis and is spring loaded to re-position the outer sheath relative to the chassis subsequent to a manual depressing of the out sheath, wherein the manual depressing of the outer sheath physically activates the input switch.