Hand held electronic device with an air mouse

A hand held electronic device (10) including an air mouse unit for communicating with a remote host device (30) having a display screen (32) on which a cursor is displayed, wherein during operation as an air mouse the component of the movement of the device in horizontal (yaw) and in vertical (pitch) direction controls the movement of the cursor in an associated direction, said device comprising an elongated body (11) having a first face fitting in the hand of a user that holds the device and a second opposite face which has at least a region for being touched, said region being configured, positioned and dimensioned to be easily accessible by a free finger of the hand of the user, wherein the second opposite face has a control field (35, 36) in said accessible region, and a touch sensor is arranged under the control field (35, 36) that senses when said control field (35, 36) is touched by the finger and when the finger is moved thereon, wherein the air mouse unit has a deflection control unit (27) controlling the speed of said cursor movement and a processor (43) is connected to said touch sensor that controls said deflection control unit (27) to increase or decrease said speed of the cursor control in response to a first finger movement on said control field (35, 36) and wherein the speed of said cursor control is increased or decreased depending on the distance of the finger position from an initial finger position when moved up or down during said first finger movement.