Patent ID: 7505798

Claim:
A wireless handheld mobile communication device comprising: a housing configured to be cradled in a palm of a user's hand and having a display located in a top portion thereof for displaying information to the user and a keyboard exposed for user actuation below said display; said device having a vertical centerline and a length measured between a top and bottom edge of the device and a width measured between right and left lateral side edges of the device, said length of the device being greater than said width of the device; said keyboard being defined by right, left, upper and lower boundaries and said keyboard comprising a right-hand keyfield composed of a plurality of keys located on a right-hand side of said vertical centerline of the device and a left-hand keyfield composed of a plurality of keys located on a left-hand side of said vertical centerline of the device; each key of said plurality of keys located on the right-hand side of said vertical centerline having a longitudinal axis and said longitudinal axis being oriented at a left-to-right inclined angle from said vertical centerline; each key of said plurality of keys located on the left-hand side of said vertical centerline having a longitudinal axis and said longitudinal axis being oriented at a right-to-left inclined angle from said vertical centerline; and said left boundary of said keyboard being located adjacent said left lateral side edge of the device and said right boundary of said keyboard being located adjacent said right lateral side edge of the device so that said keyboard spans a substantial entirety of the width of the device.