Abstract: A housing portion (10) for a wireless communication device is provided that has the surface area on its exterior surface (14) maximized in size for receipt of graphics by being substantially free of audio channeling thereon. Instead, the audio channels are provided in the internal space of the phone as at least partially defined by the housing portion (10), and preferably along an interior surface (16) thereof. In a preferred form, a separate audio cover member (12) is attached to the interior surface (16) to form the audio channels therebetween. The audio cover member (12) can include recesses (34) and (36) for forming the internal audio channeling provided by the assembly (38) of the housing portion (10) and the audio cover member (12).

Abstract: A mobile communication device has a radio contact (110) that has a moveable portion (111) that is located in correspondence with a contact pad (106) of a circuit board of the (104) of the mobile communication device. The moveable portion is biased away form the contact pad. The radio contact is held in place by a boot (116) that is attached to the housing of the mobile communication device. An external connector has a connector contact (206) that has a moveable portion (210) for mating with the moveable portion of the radio contact. As the external connector is attached to the mobile communication device, the connector contact pushes the radio contact until it touches the contact pad, and then the moveable portion of the connector contact move to absorb any further travel of the external connector.