Patent ID: 7522212

Claim:
A handheld electronic device, comprising: a first casing having a front surface and a rear surface, a display screen being mounted on the front surface; a second casing pivoted to the rear surface of the first casing about a hinge section; and an image-capturing apparatus set up on the second casing for capturing an image, wherein the image-capturing apparatus is set up at a distance away from the hinge section between the first casing and the second casing, and the second casing is permitted to move between first and second positions, wherein at the first position, the second casing is received in the rear surface of the first casing, and at the second position, the second casing is located outside the first casing and the image-capturing apparatus and the display screen face a same direction, wherein the rear surface of the first casing comprises a hinge-accommodating groove accommodating the second casing, the groove having an opening through a top wall of the first casing, the image-capturing apparatus extending through the opening when the second casing is located at the second position; and wherein the top wall of the first casing has an extension plate over the opening, and the second casing has a groove accommodating the extension plate when the second casing is at the second position.