Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad

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2008-03-17

2011-10-04

Shalwala, Bipin (Department: 2629)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Touch panel

C345S156000, C345S168000, C361S679080, C361S679200, C361S679300, C379S433040, C379S433110, C455S566000, C455S556200

Reexamination Certificate

active

08031182

ABSTRACT:
An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be increased or decreased, and to correspondingly enable the viewable area of the display to be relatively decreased and increased, respectively.

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