Patent ID: 7831037

Claim:
A handheld device, comprising: a user viewable surface comprising a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side as viewed by a user viewing the user viewable surface; a display disposed on the user viewable surface; a keypad comprising a matrix of first keys on the user viewable surface, wherein the matrix of first keys comprises a plurality of rows of the first keys and a plurality of columns of the first keys, wherein a first three of the columns of keys, corresponding to leftmost columns of keys in the matrix have a primary designation of all numeric keys, and wherein the number of columns of the first keys is greater than the number of rows of the first keys; a set of second keys disposed on the user viewable surface between the display and the keypad, wherein the set of second keys includes at least one function key; and a speaker disposed on the user viewable surface between the keypad and the bottom side of the user viewable surface.