KEYPADS STYLE INPUT DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICES

摘要

A mobile telephone includes a body (12), a display (14) and a keypad (16). The keypad (16) is removeably secured to the body (12) and coupled to a processor. The keypad (16) is depressible along a plurality of directions and can be switched between a first mode and second mode, wherein each combination of depressible direction and mode represent a unique group of alphanumeric letters. The processor includes word recognition software, so a desired word can be determined from the sequence of groups of letter selected without having to select each individual letter.