Portable electronic apparatus

Electronic apparatus comprising:

• a body portion;
• a lid hingeably coupled to the body portion and moveable about a hinged joint between open and closed positions in which a surface portion of the body portion is respectively uncovered and covered by the lid;
• a first plurality of data input keys on said surface portion of the body portion having a first orientation;
• a second plurality of data input keys on an inner surface of the lid having said first orientation;
• a third plurality of data input keys on an outer surface of the lid having a second orientation, substantially at right angles to said first orientation;
• an electronic display on a surface of the body portion, the display being entirely visible to a user when the lid is in said open and closed positions;
• and
• display control means for displaying information on the display with a first display orientation when the lid is in the open position and with a second display orientation, substantially at right angles to said first display orientation, when the lid is in the closed position, and
• wherein when the lid is in the open position, said first and second plurality of data input keys are arranged to provide in combination a QWERTY style keyboard and the inner surface of the lid is on the same level with the surface portion of the body portion leaving the first and second plurality of data input keys on the same level.

A method of displaying and inputting information on an electronic display provided on a body portion of an electronic apparatus, the device comprising a first plurality of data input keys provided on a surface of said body surface and having a first orientation, a lid hingeably coupled to the body portion and arranged to cover said first plurality of data input keys in a closed position and having a second plurality of data input keys on an inner surface thereof having said first orientation and a third plurality of keys on an outer surface thereof having a second orientation, substantially at right angles to said first orientation, wherein the display is visible in both the open and closed positions of the lid, the method comprising displaying information on the display with a first display orientation when the lid is in the closed position and displaying information with a second display orientation, substantially at right angles to said first display orientation, when the lid is in the open position, and wherein when the lid is in the open position, said first and second plurality of data input keys providing in combination a QWERTY style keyboard and the inner surface of the lid is provided on the same level with the surface portion of the body portion leaving the first and second plurality of data input keys on the same level for inputting information with the QWERTY style keyboard.