Portable navigation device with instant on configuration on navigational display

A navigation system, comprising:

• a mass storage device adapted to store navigation data;
• a server adapted to communicate with the mass storage;
• and
• a portable, multi-function electronic device further comprising:
• a navigation component further comprising:
• an antenna attached to a housing and movable between a stowed position and a signal acquisition position;
• and
• an operational component which is activated in response to a deployment indicator indicating the antenna is in the signal acquisition position;
• wherein the operational component further comprises combinatorial logic;
• and
• a display in communication with the processor and the memory, wherein the operational component displays a navigational user interface in response to the antenna being in the signal acquisition position.

A personal digital assistant (PDA) comprising:

• a housing, the housing including a processor, a memory, and a display in communication with one another;
• a PDA component operable to perform one or more PDA functions;
• a navigation component operable to perform one or more navigation functions;
• wherein the PDA is adapted to display one of a plurality of user interfaces and wherein the PDA displays a previously selected navigational user interface in response to an antenna being moved to a signal acquisition position;
• the antenna pivotally attached to the housing and movable between a first position and one or more second positions;
• and
• wherein the navigation component is activated in response to locating the pivotally attached antenna in the one or more second positions and the PDA component is activated in response to locating the pivotally attached antenna in the first position.

A personal digital assistant (PDA) comprising:

• a housing including a processor, a memory, and a display operably connected to one another;
• a PDA component including a PDA interface;
• a navigation component including a navigational interface;
• an antenna pivotally attached to the housing and movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the PDA switches between the PDA and navigational user interfaces in response to the antenna being moved between the first and the second positions;
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• a set of computer executable instructions operable to provide one or more selectably pre-determined PDA user interfaces to the display when the pivotally attached antenna is moved to the first position.

A hand-held electronic device comprising:

• a housing;
• a processor located within the housing;
• a memory in communication with the processor;
• a display in communication with the processor and the memory;
• a navigational component adapted to perform a navigational function, the navigational component further comprising:
• an antenna attached to the housing and movable between a stowed position and a signal acquisition position;
• a number of user interfaces including a user interface associated with the navigational component, wherein the user interface associated with the navigational component is activated in response to the antenna being moved to the signal acquisition position;
• wherein the device further includes a second component adapted to perform a second function, one of the first component and the second component including a navigational component and the other of the first component and the second component is a cell phone;
• and
• wherein the second component includes a set of instructions executable by the processor for processing signals acquired by the antenna, wherein the set of instructions is enabled in response to a deployment indicator indicating the antenna is in the signal acquisition position.

A hand-held electronic device comprising:

• a housing;
• a processor located within the housing;
• a memory in communication with the processor;
• a display in communication with the processor and the memory;
• a navigational component adapted to perform a navigational function, the navigational component further comprising—
• a patch antenna attached to the housing and movable between a stowed position and a signal acquisition position,
• a user interface associated with the navigational component and activated in response to the antenna being moved to the signal acquisition position, and
• a set of instructions executable by the processor for processing signals acquired by the antenna, wherein the set of instructions is enabled in response to a deployment indicator indicating the antenna is in the signal acquisition position and disabled in response to the deployment indicator indicating the antenna has been moved from the signal acquisition position to the stowed position;
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• wherein the device further includes a cell phone component.

A hand-held electronic device comprising:

• a housing;
• a processor located within the housing;
• a memory in communication with the processor;
• a display in communication with the processor and the memory;
• and
• a navigational component adapted to perform a navigational function, the navigational component further comprising—
• a patch antenna attached to the housing and movable between a stowed position and a signal acquisition position,
• a user interface associated with the navigational component and activated in response to the antenna being moved to the signal acquisition position, and
• a set of instructions executable by the processor for processing signals acquired by the antenna, wherein the set of instructions is enabled in response to a deployment indicator indicating the antenna is in the signal acquisition position and disabled in response to the deployment indicator indicating the antenna has been moved from the signal acquisition position to the stowed position.