Patent ID: 7092745

Claim:
A portable device comprising: a housing having a first surface with at least a first outlet for egress of an acoustic signal when in a loudspeaker mode and a second surface with at least a second outlet for egress of an acoustic signal when in an earpiece mode; an electro-acoustic transducer located within the housing for converting an electrical signal input to the transducer into an acoustic signal, the transducer being operable to output acoustic signals when in the loudspeaker mode or the earpiece mode; a first acoustical audio path which conducts the acoustical signal as sound waves between the transducer and the first outlet; and a second acoustical audio path which conducts an acoustical signal as sound waves between the transducer and the second outlet, wherein the second acoustical audio path is more attenuated than the first acoustical audio path, wherein the attenuation is caused by a physical path limitation of the second acoustical audio path between the transducer and the second outlet, and wherein the transducer is located adjacent to the first outlet.