A handphone including a phone body and a cover and which is capable of
inputting characters using both a keypad installed on the phone body and
an extra keypad installed on the cover in the manner in which characters
are input through a computer keyboard. The phone body has a display
device and a keypad including a plurality of keys. The cover covers the
phone body and includes a second keypad including a plurality of keys.
The first and second keypads are functionally coupled together to input
characters. The handphone has a keyboard structure, such as a computer
keyboard, formed by functionally coupling the auxiliary keypad of the
cover to the keypad of the phone body. In this structure, characters can
be input similar to the way that characters are input through a computer
keyboard, so that significantly faster character input is possible.