Mobile entertainment and communication device

A palm hand held electronic device in a housing, the device comprising:

• a replaceable flash memory card and a socket in the housing;
• a digital camera in the housing for capturing still and moving images;
• the flash memory card storing data captured from the camera;
• the flash memory card having at least one engagement feature without any elastic member or element on the card and being directly insertable in the socket without a separate card adapter case;
• the socket being asymmetrically shaped at least at one corner of the socket for preventing incorrect insertion of the card;
• the socket being configured to receive the flash memory card directly without any separate card adapter case or a separate card carrier, wherein the socket is configured to selectively receive the flash memory card without text data;
• the socket comprising an internal engagement element for retaining the card fully within the socket;
• a spring disposed in the socket for removing the card when the entire card is positioned in the socket, the asymmetrical shapes of the card and of the socket mating each other in the socket, wherein the spring facilitates the automatic removal of the card from the socket by spring power;
• the socket being configured to receive and eject the card longitudinally to and from the socket without controls external to the socket;
• the data storing directly to the flash memory card comprising at least one of real time moving images, or combined sounds and images simultaneously;
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• the socket and the card being operatively connected to a microprocessor, a microphone and the camera for storing at least one of (1) still or real time moving images or (2) combined sounds and moving images to the memory card, even when the flash memory card is blank.

An electronic device in a housing, the device comprising:

• a replaceable flash memory card and a socket in the housing;
• at least one of (1) a digital camera capturing still and moving images (2) a GPS or (3) a microphone;
• the flash memory card storing data captured by at least one of the (1) camera (2) the GPS or (3) the microphone;
• the flash memory card having at least one of an engagement feature without any elastic member or element on the card and being directly inserted into the socket without a separate card adapter case, the socket being configured to receive and eject the card longitudinally to and from the socket without controls external to the socket;
• the socket being asymmetrically shaped at least at one corner for preventing incorrect insertion of the card;
• the socket being configured to receive the flash memory card directly without any separate card adapter case or a separate card carrier, wherein the socket is configured to selectively receive the flash memory card without text data;
• the data stored directly to the flash memory card comprising at least one of sounds, real time moving images, combined sounds and moving images simultaneously, or GPS location information with or without images;
• the socket comprising an internal engagement element for retaining the card fully within the socket, when the entire card is positioned in the socket due to the asymmetrical shape of the socket and the card mating each other in the socket;
• a spring disposed in the socket for removing the card from the socket, wherein the spring facilitates the automatic removal of the card from the socket by spring power;
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• the socket and the card being operatively connected to a microprocessor and at least one of the microphone, the camera, a sensor or the GPS for selectively storing at least one of (1) sounds (2) still or real time moving images, (3) combined sounds and moving images or (4) GPS location information with images to the memory card even when the flash memory card is blank.