Patent ID: 7894185

Claim:
A portable, handheld, personal computing device, comprising: a plurality of internal operational components located within an outer housing; a processor located within said outer housing and in communication with at least one of said plurality of internal operational components; one or more user interfaces in communication with said processor; a primary outer housing component that substantially surrounds and protects said plurality of internal operational components and said processor, said primary outer housing component including a single, continuous and seamless structural wall having a cross-sectional profile that includes an outer circumference and an inner circumference, wherein said primary outer housing component includes openings at a top end and bottom end thereof, and wherein said primary outer housing component is formed using a cold-drawing material process that includes the use of an outer die to form the shape of said outer circumference and a floating mandrel to form the shape of said inner circumference; and top and bottom end closures adapted to fit within and close off said top end and bottom end openings in said primary outer housing component.