Abstract: A cover for a mobile device. The cover includes a support member, wherein at least a portion of the support member is transmissive, and a shielding layer located on the support member between the edge and the center of the support member, the shielding layer having at least one region that decreases in opacity from the edge of the support member towards the center of the support member. A mobile device having the cover is also provided.

Abstract: A mobile communication device configured to operate in at least a first mode and a second mode is provided. The mobile communication device includes a housing, a light emitting unit configured to emit at least a first color when the mobile communication device is operated in the first mode and to emit a second color when the mobile communication device is operated in the second mode, and a filtering unit having at least a first pattern associated with the first mode and a second pattern associated with the second mode. The filtering unit is configured to display the first pattern with the first color in the housing when the mobile communication device is operated in the first mode and to display the second pattern with the second color in the housing when the mobile communication device is operated in the second mode.

Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body having a first pair of opposing sides, a second body having a second pair of opposing sides, the second pair of opposing sides being in slidable engagement with the first pair of opposing sides to move the first body from a first position to a second position, and a magnetic unit located adjacent at least one side of the pair of opposing sides of the first body and at least one side of the pair of opposing sides of the second body. Further, the magnetic unit is configured to generate a magnetic force to bias the first body toward one of the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A slide module having a first slide member, a second slide member moveable with respect to the first slide member, and a biasing unit connecting the first slide member to the second slide member, is provided. The biasing unit includes a first linkage having a plurality of links, the first linkage having one end rotatably connected to the first slide member and the other end rotatably connected to the second slide member, a second linkage having a plurality of links, the second linkage having one end of the second linkage rotatably connected to the first slide member and the other end rotatably connected to the second slide member, and a biasing mechanism connected between the first linkage and the second linkage.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a main body having a wireless communication module, a first display module disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display first information, a first input unit disposed on the front surface of the main body and configured to input first information into the mobile terminal, a second display module disposed on a rear surface of the main body and configured to display second information, and a control unit configured to control the wireless communication module, the first and second display modules, and the first input unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal case made of a metal material, input keys disposed in through holes formed on the terminal case, and an input pad disposed within the terminal case, to which a signal is input according to a touch operation of the input keys.

Abstract: An input device and mobile terminal having the same is provided. The input device includes a housing having at least one transmissive region, a touch board located substantially adjacent the housing, the touch board being configured to sense a touch applied to the housing, a plurality of light emitting units, each light emitting unit being at least partially located in or on the touch board, and a controller configured to selectively turn on at least one of the light emitting units to be visible through the at least one transmissive region when the touch board senses a touch applied to the housing.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having a first body defining a holding portion, a second body slidable with respect to the first body, a display provided in one of the first and second bodies an input device provided in the other of the first and second bodies, a first circuitry supporting substrate provided in the holding portion and a second circuitry supporting substrate provided in the holding portion. The first and second circuitry supporting substrates are arranged in an overlapping arrangement.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having a first body including a front surface, a rear surface, and a pair of side surfaces connecting the front surface to the rear surface, the pair of side surfaces extending in a longitudinal direction of the first body, a display located at the front surface of the first body, and a second body having a front surface, a rear surface, and a pair of side surfaces connecting the front surface to the rear surface, the pair of side surfaces extending in a longitudinal direction of the second body, the second body being moveable with respect to the first body to expose a portion of the front surface of the second body. The pair of side surfaces of the second body are slidable along the pair of side surfaces of the first body and a portion of the pair of side surfaces of the second body overlaps a portion of the pair of side surfaces of the first body.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having a housing, a circuitry supporting substrate located in the housing, the circuitry supporting substrate having an opening formed within the circuitry supporting substrate, and a camera extending into the opening of the circuitry supporting substrate.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having a terminal body and a keypad located on the terminal body is provided. The keypad includes a plurality of keys configured to input information, a plurality of light emitting units, each light emitting unit being associated with a corresponding key of the plurality of keys to separately illuminate the corresponding key, a shielding member to reduce leakage of light from an activated light emitting unit to adjacent keys, and a control unit configured to detect when one of the plurality of keys is operated and to activate at least the light emitting unit associated with the operated key.

Abstract: An input device including a plurality of input keys configured to be operated in one of a push input method and a touch input method to input information, and a signal input unit disposed below the plurality of input keys and configured to generate a first signal when the plurality of input keys are operated in the push input method and one of the input keys is pushed, and to generate a second signal when the plurality of input keys are operated in the touch input method and one of the input keys is touched.

Abstract: A portable electronic device having a front cover, a rear cover, and wherein one of the front cover and the rear cover is metallic and has a pattern portion with a predetermined pattern. In addition, a portable electronic device having a front cover, a rear cover, and a metallic pattern layer provided on at least one of the covers, the metallic pattern layer having a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: A hand-held mobile terminal for use in a mobile communications network is provided. The terminal comprises a first body comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top of the first body comprising a user interface for allowing a user to interact with the mobile terminal to input data; a second body comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion of the second body comprising a display panel; and a slide mechanism disposed in a cavity, formed between the first body's top portion and the second body's bottom portion, for coupling the first and second bodies and for allowing the second body to slide relative to the first body in both longitudinal and latitudinal directions.

Abstract: A slide module of a portable terminal that provides relative sliding movement in longitudinal and transverse directions between a first body and a second body. The portable terminal includes a first body, a second body positioned facing the first body, and a slide module provided between the first body and the second body to guide the first body in sliding movement in longitudinal and transverse directions relative to the second body. The slide module includes a first slide member fixed to the first body, a second slide member fixed to the second body, and a guide unit provided between the first slide member and the second slide member to guide the first slide member in sliding movement in longitudinal and transverse directions.