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Portable navigation device with instant on configuration on navigational display

  • US 7,099,775 B1
  • Filed: 03/14/2003
  • Issued: 08/29/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A personal digital assistant (PDA), comprising:

  • a housing, the housing including a processor, a memory, and a display in communication with one another, wherein the housing further includes a cavity;

    a PDA component operable to perform one or more PDA functions;

    a navigation component operable to perform one or more navigation functions;

    a global positioning system (GPS) antenna integrally and pivotally attached to the housing and moveable between a first position, in which the antenna substantially fits within the cavity of the housing, and one or more second positions; and

    a Hall Effect switch associated with the housing and the antenna to control switching between the first and the second component and which is actuable by the position of the antenna.

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