Patent ID: 8139049

Claim:
A method comprising: holding a graspable shaft portion of a wireless handheld device in a first manner with a hand and scanning an item via a scanning window at least partially comprised in an angled extension portion of the wireless handheld device, a long axis of the graspable shaft portion forming an obtuse angle with respect to a central axis of the angled extension portion; entering stylus data via a stylus included in the device while holding the graspable shaft portion of the device in a second manner with the hand; and wherein a scan button is positioned on the graspable shaft portion near the angled extension portion and away from the stylus and while holding the device in the first manner, the scan button is further positioned to act as a natural rest for a thumb of the hand, the scan button enables selective initiation of the scanning, and the device is enabled to be aimed during the scanning along a projection of the central axis of the angled extension portion.