Device interface
First Claim
1. A mobile telephone, including a housing, a display screen extending along a face of the housing, a single row of a first plurality of keys positioned on or adjacent a side of the housing and adjacent one side of the screen, a single row of a second plurality of keys positioned on or adjacent an opposite side of the housing and adjacent of the opposite side of the screen such that each key is on or adjacent a side of the housing and adjacent the screen, the face of the housing having a major, longitudinal dimensions and a minor, width dimension, the rows of keys extending in substantially the same direction as the longitudinal dimension of the face of the housing, and a control means responsive to operation of the keys to implement at least a telephone number dialing function, the telephone not including a conventional telephone-type key layout.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a small computing device with an improved interface. The interface comprises a display screen which extends the majority of length of the face of the housing, and a plurality of multi-function buttons extending on either side of the display screen.
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38 Claims
- 1. A mobile telephone, including a housing, a display screen extending along a face of the housing, a single row of a first plurality of keys positioned on or adjacent a side of the housing and adjacent one side of the screen, a single row of a second plurality of keys positioned on or adjacent an opposite side of the housing and adjacent of the opposite side of the screen such that each key is on or adjacent a side of the housing and adjacent the screen, the face of the housing having a major, longitudinal dimensions and a minor, width dimension, the rows of keys extending in substantially the same direction as the longitudinal dimension of the face of the housing, and a control means responsive to operation of the keys to implement at least a telephone number dialing function, the telephone not including a conventional telephone-type key layout.
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