Dual-mode mobile communication device
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a device housing having housing surfaces including a top surface and having a housing width;
a display located at the top surface of said device housing, wherein a keyboard is positioned beneath said display; and
said keyboard located at said top surface of said device housing and having a keyboard width less than the housing width, said keyboard comprising twenty-six alphabetic character keys each located on, or protruding through, said top surface and laid out in QWERTY style, said keyboard arranged in three rows including an upper row of alphabetic character keys disposed such that five alphabetic character keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a straight vertical reference line, said keyboard including a lower row disposed such that four keys are disposed on the one side of the straight vertical reference line and three alphabetic character keys are disposed on the other side of the straight vertical reference line, each of the twenty-six alphabetic character keys includes a lower edge and an upper edge that is closer to the display than the lower edge, and keys left of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted counterclockwise away from the vertical line, and keys right of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted clockwise away from the vertical 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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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a device housing having housing surfaces including a top surface and having a housing width; a display located at the top surface of said device housing, wherein a keyboard is positioned beneath said display; and said keyboard located at said top surface of said device housing and having a keyboard width less than the housing width, said keyboard comprising twenty-six alphabetic character keys each located on, or protruding through, said top surface and laid out in QWERTY style, said keyboard arranged in three rows including an upper row of alphabetic character keys disposed such that five alphabetic character keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of a straight vertical reference line, said keyboard including a lower row disposed such that four keys are disposed on the one side of the straight vertical reference line and three alphabetic character keys are disposed on the other side of the straight vertical reference line, each of the twenty-six alphabetic character keys includes a lower edge and an upper edge that is closer to the display than the lower edge, and keys left of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted counterclockwise away from the vertical line, and keys right of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted clockwise away from the vertical line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a device housing having housing surfaces including a top surface and having a housing width; a display located at the top surface of said device housing, wherein a keyboard is positioned beneath said display; and said keyboard located at said top surface of said device housing and having a keyboard width less than the housing width, said keyboard comprising twenty-six alphabetic character keys each located on, or protruding through, said top surface and laid out in QWERTY style, said keyboard arranged in three rows including a lower row of alphabetic character keys disposed such that four alphabetic keys are disposed on one side of a straight vertical reference line and three alphabetic character keys are on an other side of the straight vertical reference line, said keyboard including an upper row disposed such that equal numbers of alphabetic character keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of the straight vertical reference line, each of the twenty-six alphabetic character keys includes a lower edge and an upper edge that is closer to the display than the lower edge, and keys left of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted counterclockwise away from the vertical line, and keys right of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted clockwise away from the vertical line. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a device housing having housing surfaces including a top surface and having a housing width; a display located at the top surface of said device housing, wherein a keyboard is positioned beneath said display; and said keyboard located at said top surface of said device housing and having a keyboard width less than the housing width, said keyboard comprising twenty-six alphabetic character keys each located on, or protruding through, said top surface and laid out in QWERTY style and at least one function key, said keyboard arranged in three rows including a middle row of keys comprising alphabetic character keys disposed such that equal numbers of keys of the middle row are on each side of a straight vertical reference line, the keyboard including an upper row of alphabetic character keys disposed such that five alphabetic character keys of the upper row are disposed on each side of the straight vertical reference line, each of the twenty-six alphabetic character keys includes a lower edge and an upper edge that is closer to the display than the lower edge, and keys left of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted counterclockwise away from the vertical line, and keys right of the straight vertical reference line have upper edges tilted clockwise away from the vertical line. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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