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AssigneeSierra Wireless, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Stanely Guy Harries, Jon Theron Winebrenner, Joseph Peter Robert Tosey, Norman Roy Eldridge, Jamian Russell Cobbett, Mark H. Hoeveler
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An electronic device that has a lower portion that unfolds to reveal an extendable keyboard. When the keyboard is folded closed, a number pad is visible and the device looks similar to a traditional portable or cellular telephone. The device can be used as a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone or as the handset of a traditional wire line telephone. The fold-out keyboard of the electronic device can be used for easy entry of text data while a communication channel is active. The device includes two way messaging and Internet browsing capabilities.
A method for inputting characters on a mobile communication device having a housing, a display mounted on said housing, a numeric keyboard positioned on a front side of at least one hinged panel mounted on said housing, said device also having an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a first portion positioned on a back side of said panel and a second portion positioned on said housing and covered by said panel when said panel is in a closed position, the method comprising:
A method for inputting characters on a mobile communications device having a housing, a display mounted on said housing, a numeric keyboard positioned on a front side of at least one hinged panel mounted on said housing, said device also having an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a first portion positioned on a back side of said panel and a second portion positioned on said housing and covered by said panel when said panel is in a closed position, the method comprising:
A program storage device readable by a machine, embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for inputting characters on a mobile communications device having a housing, a display mounted on said housing, a numeric keyboard positioned on a front side of at least one hinged panel mounted on said housing, said device also having an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a first portion positioned on a back side of said panel and a second portion positioned on said housing and covered by said panel when said panel is in a closed position, the method comprising:
An apparatus for inputting characters on a mobile communications device having a housing, a display mounted on said housing, a numeric keyboard positioned on a front side of at least one hinged panel mounted on said housing, said device also having an alphanumeric keyboard comprising a first portion positioned on a back side of said panel and a second portion positioned on said housing and covered by said panel when said panel is in a closed position, the apparatus comprising:
A mobile communications device comprising:
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