1. A portable digital device including:
a display;
a processor for rotating content shown on the display from a first orientation to a second orientation; a connector for connection of the portable digital device to a peripheral device; and
at least two control devices for controlling at least two operational functions of the portable digital device;
wherein the content shown on the display is automatically rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation by the processor when a functional connection to the peripheral device is made using the connector.
2. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two operational functions are selected from the group comprising: skip forwards, skip backwards, increase volume, decrease volume, selector on display move left, selector on display move right, selector on display move up, and selector on display move down.
3. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connector is a female receptor of the type selected from the group comprising: a earphone jack, a USB connector, an IEEE1394 connector, and a proprietary connector.
4. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is selected from the group comprising: a set of earphones, a set of headphones, a set of speakers, and a wireless transceiver.
5. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation is selected from the group comprising: 90\xb0 and 180\xb0.
6. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotation depends on the peripheral device.
7. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the functional connection is detected by the processor using means selected from the group selected from: a mechanical switch, an impedence meter and a combination of the aforementioned.
8. The portable device as claimed in claim 1 is selected from the group comprising: a media player, a mobile telephone, and a portable digital assistant (PDA).
9. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two operating functions of the at least two control devices are automatically interchanged when an extent of rotation of content shown on the display is greater than 100\xb0.
10. The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content shown on the display is rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation as either a single entity or pixel-by-pixel.
11. A method for automatically reconfiguring a setup of a portable digital device, including:
connecting the portable digital device to a peripheral device;
a processor in the portable digital device detecting the connection of the portable digital device to the peripheral device; and rotating the content shown in the display of the portable digital device from a first orientation to a second orientation.
12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further including interchanging at least two operational functions of at least two control devices of the portable digital device when an extent of rotation of content shown on the display is greater than 100\xb0.
13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the at least two operational functions are selected from the group comprising: skip forwards, skip backwards, increase volume, decrease volume, selector on display move left, selector on display move right, selector on display move up, and selector on display move down.
14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the portable digital device is connected to the peripheral device using matching connectors of the type selected from the group comprising: a earphone jack, a USB connector, an IEEE1394 connector, and a proprietary connector.
15. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the peripheral device is selected from the group comprising: a set of earphones, a set of headphones, a set of speakers, and a wireless transceiver.
16. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rotation is selected from the group comprising: 90\xb0 and 180\xb0.
17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the rotation depends on the peripheral device.
18. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the connection of the portable digital device to the peripheral device is detected by the processor using means selected from the group selected from: a mechanical switch, an impedence meter and a combination of the aforementioned.
19. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the portable digital device is selected from the group comprising: a media player, a mobile telephone, and a portable digital assistant (PDA).
20. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the content shown on the display is rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation as either a single entity or pixel-by-pixel.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for thermally treating a substrate, comprising:
providing a chamber having a magnetically levitating substrate support disposed therein;
moving the substrate support to a first position;
heating the substrate in the first position;
moving the substrate support to a second position adjacent an active cooling means; and
cooling the substrate in the second position, wherein the first and second positions are disposed in opposing positions in the chamber.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the heating comprises a time period of about 2 minutes or less.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cooling comprises a time period between about 10 seconds or less.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cooling means comprises a gas port disposed in an upper portion of the chamber that is configured to flow a cooling gas across the substrate.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first position is a lower portion of the chamber.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second position is an upper portion of the chamber.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the cooling means is configured to absorb radiant energy from the substrate.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the cooling means comprises at least one coolant channel.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the cooling means is a black material.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the black material has an emmisivity of about 0.70 to about 0.95.
11. A method for thermally treating a substrate, comprising:
providing a substrate to a chamber at a first temperature;
heating the substrate in a first time period to a second temperature;
heating the substrate to a third temperature in a second time period;
cooling the substrate to the second temperature in the second time period; and
cooling the substrate to the first temperature in a third time period, wherein the second time period is less than about 2 seconds.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
moving the substrate between a heating and a cooling zone disposed in opposing portions of the chamber.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
moving the substrate vertically within the chamber with a magnetically levitated substrate support.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the second time period is between about 0.3 seconds to about 1.8 seconds.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the second temperature is between about 800\xb0 C. to about 1200\xb0 C.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the second temperature is between about 900\xb0 C. to about 1150\xb0 C.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the third temperature is about 25\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C. higher than the second temperature.
18. The method of claim 11, wherein the cooling comprises:
moving the substrate adjacent a cooling zone within the chamber.
19. A method for thermally treating a substrate, comprising:
providing a chamber having a vertically movable magnetic substrate support disposed therein;
providing a substrate to the chamber at a first temperature;
moving the substrate to a first position;
heating the substrate in the first position in a first time period to a second temperature;
heating the substrate to third temperature in a second time period;
moving the substrate to a second position adjacent an active cooling means and cooling the substrate to the second temperature in the second time period; and
cooling the substrate to the first temperature in a third time period, wherein the second time period is less than about 2 seconds.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second temperature is between about 800\xb0 C. to about 1200\xb0 C. and the third temperature is about 25\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C. higher than the second temperature.