Patent ID: 8902171

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a housing having (i) a front face and a back face, a length of the front face and a length of the back face each extending primarily in a first direction corresponding to a length of the housing, a width of the front face and a width of the back face each extending primarily in a second direction corresponding to a width of the housing, (ii) a top surface being substantially planar and extending between the front face and the back face to form a top edge, the top surface being acutely angled with respect to the front face, and (iii) a bottom surface being substantially planar and extending between the front face and the back face to form a bottom edge, the top surface and the bottom surface being substantially parallel to each other, wherein the housing is structured to be unitary, so that the front face, the back face, the top surface, and the bottom surface are fixed relative to one another and so that the length of the housing is constant; a lens component for use in capturing an image of a scene, the component being disposed on the top surface but not on the back face and being operationally affected by a direction in which the lens component is oriented; a plurality of input mechanisms provided on the front face, the plurality of input mechanisms including a contact-sensitive display; a processor contained with the housing to cause the image of the scene captured by the lens component to be displayed on the display; wherein the housing is structured to enable an orientation that, relative to a reference Y that is defined by a direction of gravity and a reference X that is orthogonal to Y, enables (i) an angle in which the display is viewed by a user to be acute with respect to Y, and (ii) a direction in which the lens component is directed to be substantially along X and directed outward away from the user.