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Mobile terminal having improved user interface

  • US 6,173,194 B1
  • Filed: 04/15/1996
  • Issued: 01/09/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A handheld radio communications device having a user interface, said user interface comprising:

  • means for inputting information to said device, said means for inputting extending outwardly from a surface of said device and comprising an actuator having at least 10 degrees of freedom in a plane parallel to said surface for selecting at least individual ones of numeric digits 0 through 9; and

    means for displaying information to a user of said device, said display means being partitionable into a plurality of windows each of which is capable of displaying at least one text line of alphanumeric characters with an orientation that is neither parallel to a longitudinal axis of said device or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said device.

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