Patent ID: 7366547
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A communications apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a wireless communications portion, a display portion at least displaying a standby screen with an image selectable by a user when said communication apparatus is in a standby mode, an input portion including a plurality of keys including an END key operable to end communication by the wireless communication portion and to cause display of the standby screen, and operable such that a user selects a memo and a symbol representing that memo via the input portion, a storage portion storing at least text data of the memo, wherein the symbols are linked to the stored text data, and a control portion arranging data display regions on said standby screen in parallel and controlling said display portion so as to display on said data display regions at least part of said text data of the memo selected by said input portion, wherein said control portion switches between a text display mode and a symbol display mode when said display portion displays said data display regions, wherein in said text display mode, said display portion displays said symbols together with at least part of said text data in said data display regions, wherein, in said symbol display mode, said display portion displays said symbols without said text data in said data display regions and wherein the display portion has a first state displaying the data display regions on said standby screen and a second state not displaying the data display regions on said standby screen, and wherein the states are switch by operation of said END key.