Housing for a portable electronic device

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a compact flash card;
• a slot adapted to receive the compact flash card and located within a battery compartment of the portable electronic device;
• a sealing gasket operable to seal contents within the battery compartment from contaminants in the outside enviroment;
• an ejection mechanism coupled to the slot for ejecting the compact flash card, and
• a pen slot that guides a sliding pen into a secure position within the portable electronic device.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment including a slot with an ejection mechanism attached thereto, adapted to receive a flash card;
• a SIM contact device;
• a SIM card coupled to the contact device, the SIM card being able to be freely detached from the SIM contact device;
• a SIM card cover, the cover being employed to protect the SIM card and to maintain a close connection between the SIM contact device and the SIM card;
• a sealing gasket coupled to the SIM card, and
• a pen compartment as part of the housing, the pen compartment with a slot that enables a pen to be pushed out therefrom or thereinto.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment including a slot with an ejection mechanism attached thereto, adapted to receive a flash card;
• a SIM contact device located in well of a battery compartment for the portable electronic device;
• a SIM card coupled to the contact device, the SIM card being able to be freely detached from the SIM contact device;
• a SIM card cover, the cover being employed to protect the SIM card and to maintain a close connection between the SIM contact device and the SIM card, the SIM card cover being secured to the well by a screw;
• and
• a sealing gasket coupled to the SIM card cover.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a housing having a compartment including a slot with an ejection mechanism attached thereto, adapted to receive a flash card;
• a SIM contact device located in well of a battery compartment for the portable electronic device;
• a SIM card coupled to the contact device, the SIM card being able to be freely detached from the SIM contact device;
• a SIM card cover, the cover being employed to protect the SIM card and to maintain a close connection between the SIM contact device and the SIM card, the SIM card cover having at least one protrusions on a side facing the SIM card, the at least one protrusion capable of engaging the SIM card with the SIM contact device;
• and
• a sealing gasket coupled to the SIM card cover.

A housing for a portable electronic device, comprising:

• a compact flash card slot, the compact flash card slot being located within a battery compartment of the portable electronic device;
• a SIM module located within the battery compartment of the portable electronic device, the SIM module including a SIM card cover freely detachable from the SIM module and securable to the SIM module with a screw;
• and
• a pen slot adapted to enable a pen to be pushed out of the slot from a bottom opening in the slot.

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• means to receive a flash card, the means for receiving the flash card being located within a means for housing a power supply for the portable electronic device;
• means for ejecting the flash card;
• and
• means for enabling a pen to be pushed into or out from a compartment of the portable electronic device.