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US 2001/0041598 A1Published application
Mobile communication device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsTatsuya Yoshino, Atsushi Inoue
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Abstract
A mobile communication device that permits a pointer on a display to be moved in a easy-to-use, flexible manner. A display 12 is disposed on the front face of a mobile communication device 10, while a pointing device 22 is placed on the rear face thereof. As the user manipulates the pointing device 22 by his or her finger, a pointer 16 on the display 12 may be moved, and an item presented on the display can also be selected and confirmed by tapping the pointing device.
Claims9
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a body having at least a first face and a second face, the second face opposite to the first face;
- a display disposed on the first face, for displaying selection items;
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- a pointing device disposed on the second face, the pointing device being manipulable by a user's finger;
- wherein a pointer displayed on the display moves in response to the manipulation of the pointing device to permit the selection items to be selected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.