A mobile handheld communication device comprising a keyboard having - a plurality of keys comprising a plurality of alphabetic keys, a plurality of alphanumeric keys, and at least one command key; - the plurality of alphabetic keys are for actuating signals of corresponding alphabetic values; - the plurality of alphanumeric keys are keys that have one numeric and at least one alphabetic value, for actuating signals of corresponding numeric and alphabetic values; characterized in that - the plurality of keys are arranged in a grid having four rows and five columns, with the four rows comprising in order, from top to bottom, a first, second, third and bottom row, and the five columns comprising in order, from left to right, a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth column; - the alphabetic and alphanumeric keys including keys which have one alphabetic value per key and keys which have more than one alphabetic value per key, wherein the alphabetic values are arranged on the alphabetic and alphanumeric keys in conjunction to provide a QWERTY keyboard layout having a reduced number of keys; - the at least one command key is for actuating a signal corresponding to a command key value, wherein at least one command key toggles between a first keyboard entry mode and a second keyboard entry mode with the first keyboard entry mode actuating signals of alphabetic values of the alphanumeric keys and the second keyboard entry mode actuating signals of numeric values of the alphanumeric keys; and the device further comprising a keyboard interpreter for receiving the signals actuated by the plurality of alphabetic keys, the plurality of alphanumeric keys and the at least one command key for mapping the received signals to a sequence of alphanumeric, alphabetic and command values and wherein the keyboard interpreter is employed to determine the intended alphabetic value corresponding to each key. - a plurality of keys comprising a plurality of alphabetic keys, a plurality of alphanumeric keys, and at least one command key; - the plurality of alphabetic keys are for actuating signals of corresponding alphabetic values; - the plurality of alphanumeric keys are keys that have one numeric and at least one alphabetic value, for actuating signals of corresponding numeric and alphabetic values; - the plurality of keys are arranged in a grid having four rows and five columns, with the four rows comprising in order, from top to bottom, a first, second, third and bottom row, and the five columns comprising in order, from left to right, a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth column; - the alphabetic and alphanumeric keys including keys which have one alphabetic value per key and keys which have more than one alphabetic value per key, wherein the alphabetic values are arranged on the alphabetic and alphanumeric keys in conjunction to provide a QWERTY keyboard layout having a reduced number of keys; - the at least one command key is for actuating a signal corresponding to a command key value, wherein at least one command key toggles between a first keyboard entry mode and a second keyboard entry mode with the first keyboard entry mode actuating signals of alphabetic values of the alphanumeric keys and the second keyboard entry mode actuating signals of numeric values of the alphanumeric keys; and <EOS>