Patent ID: 8205170

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a user interface configured to allow for user operation of a plurality of functions; and a user slideable cover configured to extend across a rear face of the apparatus and configured to be slideable between a first position and a second position, the first position being associated with a first functional mode of the apparatus and the second position being associated with a second functional mode of the apparatus, wherein when the user slideable cover is in the first position, the user slideable cover is configured to cover a first region of the user interface not associated with the first functional mode and to reveal a second region of the user interface associated with the first functional mode, and when the user slideable cover is in the second position, the user slideable cover is configured to cover at least a portion of the second region not associated with the second functional mode and to reveal at least a portion of the first region associated with the second functional mode, and wherein the user slideable cover comprises at least one user input element, and the apparatus is configured, when the user slideable cover is in the first position, to respond to user input at the at least one user input element by providing a shortcut to a first menu location, and the apparatus is configured, when the user slideable cover is in the second position, to respond to user input at the at least one user input element by providing a shortcut to a second menu location, different to the first menu location; wherein the apparatus is configured to respond to movement of the user slideable cover from the first position to the second position by changing the menu location associated with the at least one user input element.