Patent ID: RE44260

Claim:
A telephone comprising a display, a first keypad, a second keypad and processing and communication circuitry, where: said first and second keypads are located on opposite sides of a first body part of the telephone and said display is located in a second body part of the telephone, said first and second body parts are electrically and mechanically joined via a swivel hinge, said hinge is configured to allow movement of said first and second body parts between at least a first and a second position relative to each other, said first relative position is such that said first keypad is facing in a first direction, said second keypad is facing in a second direction substantially different from said first direction and the display is facing substantially in said first direction, said second relative position is such that said second keypad is facing in said first direction, said first keypad is facing in said second direction and the display is facing substantially in said first direction such that at least the first or the second keypad is active, and a controller of the telephone initiates a particular task depending upon which keypad is set to be active .