Palm Electronics & Handheld Devices manual US 7,224,345

Pad computer

Patent Number:

US 7,224,345

Title:

Pad computer

Inventors:

Leonard M. Kawell; Mary Ellen Heinen; Patrick M. McGowan; Alan Ball

Issue Date:

May 29, 2007

Earliest Filing Date:

October 30, 2003

Representative Independent Claim:

A computer comprising a housing for enclosing a microprocessor, the housing having a top face, a left side, and a right side, said top face having an upper half and a lower half, and including

a screen in the top face, the screen positioned between the left and right sides to define a first region between the left side and the screen, and a second region between the right edge and the screen, the system including a built-in QWERTY key board in the top face with at least some of the QWERTY keys in the first region and some of the QWERTY keys in the second region, wherein the QWERTY key board is completely located within the upper half of the top face, and wherein the top face is of unitary construction such that the first and second regions of the top face are fixed relative to each other.

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