Patent ID: 6925315

Claim:
A cell phone configuration comprising: a housing with a keypad located within range of access with a user's thumb while holding the housing in a palm of a hand having said thumb; a plurality of keys positioned in a standard clock face arrangement, said plurality of keys being in a substantially circular array around an origin, comprising at least number selections one through nine and zero, arrayed on the keypad for dialing the cell phone, wherein number selections three-nine and six are at reference compass points East-West and South, respectively, and also in said standard clock face arrangement, and all selections between one through nine and zero are placed on one of the compass points or at a next adjacent selection position to one of the compass points; an orientation structure defining reference points for tactilely distinguishing at least one of said reference compass points, thereby establishing an orientation of the keypad relative to North-South and East-West, wherein selections of said keys at the compass points are tactilely distinct from selections of keys at each said next adjacent selection position by at least one of a distinct difference in size, shape, elongation, key surface characteristic and adjacent housing characteristic, whereby a user familiar with said standard clock face can operate the keypad without needing to look for the selections.