Patent ID: 8185166

Claim:
A portable, handheld, personal computing device, comprising: a plurality of internal operational components adapted to provide processing for a user thereof; a metal outer housing configured to enclose at least a portion of said internal operational components, said metal outer housing having a first outer surface and an opening therethrough; an internal antenna located within said metal outer housing, said internal antenna being adapted to receive communications from an outside source via radio frequency waves; a processor located within said metal outer housing and coupled to said internal antenna, said processor being adapted to provide an output for said user as a result of said communications from an outside source; an insert fitted within the opening in said metal outer housing such that a seam between said metal outer housing and said insert is formed, said insert being transparent to radio frequency waves and having a second outer surface; and a ceramic coating that is thermally sprayed to cover at least a portion of said first outer surface and at least a portion of said second outer surface such that said seam is hidden thereby, wherein said thermally sprayed ceramic coating is also transparent to radio frequency waves.