Portable computing device holster

An articulating handle assembly, comprising:

• an elongated handgrip having a top and a bottom, an attachment section located at the top, the elongated handgrip starting at the bottom and shaped upward to the top, the handgrip's elongated axis running through the bottom and up passed the top of the elongated handgrip, the elongated handgrip providing a designated grasping area located between the bottom of the elongated handgrip and the attachment section,
• a portable computing device retention assembly comprising a first portable computing device gripping element, and a second portable computing device gripping element,
• the second portable computing device gripping element being spatially arranged respective to the first portable computing device gripping element,
• the first portable computing device gripping element and the second portable computing device gripping element being moveable respective to one another by a sliding interface;
• an articulating mechanism configured to be attached to the elongated handgrip and configured to be attached to the portable computing device retention assembly, wherein the articulating mechanism enables a motion to be performed by the portable computing device retention assembly relative to the elongated handgrip,
• wherein the portable computing device retention assembly enables retention of a portable computing device, wherein the portable computing device can be any suitable portable computing device, each of any suitable portable computing device having different dimensions in each of a first dimension and a second dimension, wherein the portable computing device gripping elements enable the first dimension of the portable computing device to be unlimited and the second dimension is limited by dimensions between the first portable computing device gripping element and the second portable computing device gripping element in a minimum, collapsed configuration and a maximum, expanded configuration, and the bottom of the elongated handgrip having a point, the point being the furthest structural point of the articulating handle assembly from a point on the portable computing device retention assembly.

A handheld computing device having an integrated system for support and use of a portable computing device while capturing images using one or two hands of a user,

• the handheld computing device comprising:
• a handle assembly, the handle assembly having an unobstructed handgrip portion designed to be grasped with at least one hand of the user while operating the handheld computing device;
• a user interface carried by the handle assembly, the user interface configured to send signals to a camera,
• an electrical switch located on the handle assembly in a location allowing the user to grasp the handgrip portion and simultaneously activate the electrical switch with one hand of the user;
• a portable computing device retention assembly including a sliding interface,
• an articulating mechanism designed to assemble the portable computing device retention assembly and the handle assembly to one another;
• the articulating mechanism enabling the portable computing device to rotate relative to the electrical switch when the portable computing device is retained by the portable computing device retention assembly;
• the articulating mechanism enabling the camera to rotate on an axis that is perpendicular to a display screen of the camera when the portable computing device is the camera;
• and,
• the electrical switch controlling an electrical device, the electrical device used to assist the user with capturing images.