Patent ID: 7197412

Claim:
An integrated circuit for use by a multifunction handheld device, the integrated circuit comprises: a processing module; a memory, operably coupled to the processing module, for storing a plurality of digitally formatted files, and that stores operational instructions that cause the processing module to: receive a first digitally formatted file of the plurality of digitally formatted files from a host device when coupled to the host device via a host interface and store the first digitally formatted file in the memory, wherein the handheld device is powered by the host device when coupled to the host device via the host interface; generate a second digitally formatted file of the plurality of digitally formatted files by digitally recording a voice sample and store the second digitally formatted file in the memory; playback a selected one of the plurality of digitally formatted files, the playback including the generation of an audio output; monitoring for a low voltage condition produced by a low battery voltage; when the low voltage condition is detected, enabling a first fail safe algorithm to: disable the audio output; store settings corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of digitally formatted audio files; and shutdown the multifunction handheld device; wherein, when the handheld device is reactivated, the memory further stores operationally instructions that enable the playback of the selected one of the plurality of digitally formatted files to resume where the playback left off.