Patent ID: 7269450

Claim:
A sliding/swing-type portable digital communication apparatus comprising: a main housing having a speaker unit positioned on a rear surface of the main housing; two key housings, each of which is positioned on a side of the main housing, and being slidable on a slide plane a first predetermined distance and a second predetermined distance toward or away from the main housing along a longitudinal direction of the main housing; and a swing housing which is hinged to the main housing, rotatable within a predetermined angle about a hinge axis perpendicular to the slide plane, and continuously facing an upper surface of the main housing and upper surfaces of the key housings; wherein, for increasingly exposing predetermined areas of the key housings, the key housings and the swing housing move with respect to the main housing in three sequential phases including firstly a first sliding of at least one of the key housings over the first predetermined distance, secondly a rotation of the swing housing over the predetermined angle, and thirdly a second sliding of at least one of the key housings over the second predetermined distance.