Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Mika Juhani Grönroos

Ilpo Kalevi Kauhaniemi

Jari Martti Suutari

Antti Tapio Rönkkö

Aulis Juhani Perttula

Pertti Ensio Savolainen

A telephone apparatus includes a body part and a sleeve-like grip part mounted to the body part for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part and the grip part there is a spring for effecting the longitudinal slidable movement. A locking mechanism is provided for detachably locking the body part and the grip part into the retracted position. There is also a user-actuatable releasing actuator for releasing the locking mechanism. The releasing actuator is located within the grip part.

Telescopic structure for a telephone apparatus

A telephone apparatus comprises a body part () and a sleeve-like grip part () mounted to the body part () for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part () and the grip part () there is a spring () for effecting the longitudinal slidable movement. A locking mechanism () is provided for detachably locking the body part and the grip part into the retracted position. There is also a user-actuatable releasing actuator () for releasing the locking mechanism. The releasing actuator () is located within the grip part ().

Apparatus, and an associated method, rewards a user for playing computer games at a mobile terminal. Computer games, or other recreational applications, formed of executable code at a mobile terminal are executed by a user. When success indicia associated with playing the computer game, such as a game score, exceeds a selected threshold, a message is formed and sent to an award server. The award server is operable to authorize a reward for the user of the mobile terminal.

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Kaarina, Finland

Mika Juhani Grönroos