System for opening and closing a mobile communication device

A wireless handheld device comprising:

• a lower casing having a bottom end and a top end;
• a lid having a bottom end and a top end, the top end of the lid being rotatably coupled to the top end of the lower casing with at least one hinge component such that the handheld device is rotatable from a closed position to an open position and from an open position to a closed position, the lid and the lower casing having adjacent facing surfaces when in the closed position;
• wherein, when the wireless handheld device is in the closed position, at least the bottom end of the lid is displaceable relative to the lower casing generally in an axial direction of the hinge component such that the facing surfaces become misaligned for easy grasping of the lower casing and the lid;
• the lid further having a snap located near the bottom end of the lid and the lower casing further having a complementary tab and cutout located near the bottom end of the lower casing, the snap and tab and cutout facing each other on the adjacent facing surfaces and being configured such that the snap protrudes into the cutout and engages behind the tab when the wireless handheld device is in the closed resting position, the tab and snap locking the wireless handheld device in the closed position, and when at least the bottom end of the lid is displaced relative to the lower casing generally in an axial direction of the hinge component the snap becomes misaligned with the tab and unlocks the wireless handheld device for opening.