Patent ID: 8023975

Claim:
A mobile device configured to interface with a plurality of messaging services, the mobile device comprising: a primary display; a secondary display, wherein the secondary display is smaller than the primary display, and wherein the secondary display is coplanar with or in an offset, but parallel plane, to the primary display; a communications component configured to communicate with a telecommunications network; user input and output components, including audio components configured to facilitate voice communications, and a keypad configured to facilitate text communications; a processor coupled to the communications component, the primary display, the secondary display, and the user input and output components; and a housing configured to at least partially enclose the processor, the communications component, the memory, the primary display, the secondary display, and the user input and output components, wherein the processor is programmed to: interface with a plurality of messaging services that are accessible via the telecommunications network and determine a number of messages that have not been accessed by a user at each of the plurality of messaging services, wherein the number of messages is greater than one; for each of the plurality of messaging services, present on the secondary display an indication of the messaging service and the corresponding number of messages that have not been accessed by the user at the messaging service; receive an indication from the user of a selection of one of the presented plurality of messaging services; and cause the mobile device to be connected to the selected one of the plurality of messaging services to enable the user to access messages that have not previously been accessed by the user.