Patent ID: 6952200

Claim:
Electronic apparatus comprising: a body portion; an electronic display on a surface of the body portion; a lid hingeably coupled to the body port ion and moveable about a hinged joint between open arid closed positions in which a surface portion of the body portion is respectively uncovered end covered by the lid; lid position detection means for detecting whether the lid is in said open or said closed position and for indicating a choice between a first typing mode and a second typing mode; a first plurality of function keys, each implementisig a first key function in the first typing mode and a second key function in the second typing mode; display control means for displaying information on the display with a first orientation in the first typing node and with a second orientation, substantially at right angles to said first orientation, in the second typing mode; and wherein the electronic display and the function keys are separated from each other so that when the function keys are used information is simultaneously visible on the electronic display both in the first and the second typing modes.