ROTATABLE INPUT DEVICE FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

An input device for a mobile device comprising a telephone keypad arranged on one side of the input device for providing an input signal corresponding to telephone characters, a keyboard arranged on the opposite side of the input device for providing an input signal corresponding to text characters, and a connector for attaching the keyboard to the mobile device for rotating between a first position of the input device and a second position of the input device around a rotation axis. With the addition of a flip axis to the connector, the telephone keypad is operable and the keyboard sits on main bo dy of the mobile device when the input device is in the first position, and the keyboa rd is operable and the input device sits on the main body of the mobile device when the keyboard is in the second position.