PIVOTING, MULTI-CONFIGURATION MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

A mobile device (500) comprises a display portion (502) including a display screen, a first keypad portion (501), a second keypad portion (502), and at least one input device (508), (510-524(, (531-544) associated with at least one of the first keypad portion (501), the second keypad portion (502), and the display portion (504). The first and second keypad portions (501, 502) are independently rotatably coupled to the display portion (502) to provide a plurality of operational configurations for the device (500). The first keypad portion (501) may be positioned on an upper level of the device (500) and the second keypad portion (502) may be positioned on a lower level of the device (500), with the display portion (502) being positioned in the middle of the device (500). The first keypad portion (501) may be superimposed over at least part of the display portion (502).