Dual-mode mobile communication device
First Claim
1. Apparatus for a dual mode mobile communication device useable by a user, said apparatus comprising:
- an integrated device housing having a front surface, a rear surface, a top face surface, and a bottom face surface, said housing having a first dimension and a second dimension, the first dimension defining a major axis, the second dimension defining a minor axis,a speaker mounted within said integrated device housing;
a microphone mounted within said integrated housing;
a display mounted within said integrated housing; and
a complete alphanumeric keyboard having keys to form a unitary keyboard structure laid out in QWERTY style, keys of said keyboard being organized into three rows of letter keys, an upper row of letter keys spanning both left hand and right hand sides of the front surface of said integrated housing, the letter keys in an upper row disposed such that five letter keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a vertical reference line, the keys in a middle row disposed such that five letter keys are disposed on one side of the vertical reference line and four letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line, and the keys in a lower row disposed such that four letter keys are disposed on the one side of the vertical reference line and three letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line.
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Abstract
A dual-mode mobile communication device is provided including a device housing having a front surface, a rear surface and a plurality of side surfaces coupling the front surface to the rear surface. The dual-mode device includes a transceiver for sending and receiving voice and data communications is integrated into the device housing, a display, mounted within the front surface of the device housing, for displaying information to a user of the device regarding voice and data communications, a QWERTY keyboard mounted below the display and within the front surface of the device housing, for generating data communications, and a microphone and a speaker for generating voice communications, wherein the microphone is mounted below the display within the front surface of the device housing and the speaker is mounted above the display within the front surface of the device housing.
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59 Claims
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1. Apparatus for a dual mode mobile communication device useable by a user, said apparatus comprising:
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an integrated device housing having a front surface, a rear surface, a top face surface, and a bottom face surface, said housing having a first dimension and a second dimension, the first dimension defining a major axis, the second dimension defining a minor axis, a speaker mounted within said integrated device housing; a microphone mounted within said integrated housing; a display mounted within said integrated housing; and a complete alphanumeric keyboard having keys to form a unitary keyboard structure laid out in QWERTY style, keys of said keyboard being organized into three rows of letter keys, an upper row of letter keys spanning both left hand and right hand sides of the front surface of said integrated housing, the letter keys in an upper row disposed such that five letter keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a vertical reference line, the keys in a middle row disposed such that five letter keys are disposed on one side of the vertical reference line and four letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line, and the keys in a lower row disposed such that four letter keys are disposed on the one side of the vertical reference line and three letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A handheld dual mode device capable of voice communication and data communication, said dual-mode device comprising:
an integrated device housing having a front surface within which are mounted, and through which extend, a display and one, complete-alphanumeric keyboard having keys to form a unitary keyboard structure laid out in the QWERTY style, keys of said keyboard being organized into three rows of letter keys, an upper row of letter keys spanning both left hand and right hand sides of the front surface of said integrated housing, the letter keys in an upper row disposed such that five letter keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a vertical reference line, the keys in a middle row disposed such that five letter keys are disposed on one side of the vertical reference line and four letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line, and the keys in a lower row disposed such that four letter keys are disposed on the one side of the vertical reference line and three letter keys are disposed on the other side of the vertical reference line, said keyboard being located adjacent to, and below, the display, said front surface including therein a speaker that is located above the display and a microphone that is also located below the complete, alphanumeric QWERTY-style keyboard, said housing also having and having a longer dimension and a shorter dimension, the longer dimension defining a major axis. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59)
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