Antennas for handheld devices

A handheld device, comprising:

• an encasing including electrically conductive material;
• one or more appurtenances including any of a touch-sensitive display screen, a button, a joystick, a click wheel, a scroll wheel, a touchpad, a keypad, a camera, a data port, or a power port forming part of the encasing, the one or more appurtenances including electrically conductive material;
• communications circuitry contained within the encasing and operable to process communications signals;
• and
• a plurality of antenna elements electrically coupled to the communications circuitry and formed of (a) the electrically conductive material of the encasing and (b) the electrically conductive material of the one or more appurtenances such that the encasing and the one or more appurtenances are separated by a non-conductive irregularly shaped antenna break and are operable as an antenna of the handheld device to wirelessly communicate radio signals capable of being processed by the communications circuitry.