Patent ID: 8621389

Claim:
A method for selectively displaying contact information on a display screen of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising: displaying a list of contact names on the display screen of the handheld electronic device; detecting output from a navigation tool; scrolling sequentially through said list of contact names in response to the detected output from the navigation tool; designating a first contact name in the list of contact names in response to sequentially scrolling through said list of contact names; revealing available information about the first contact name in response to the designation of the first contact name for a predetermined time; detecting further output from the navigation tool; scrolling sequentially through the revealed available information in response to the detected further output from the navigation tool; detecting additional further output from the navigation tool; only designating an adjacent contact name after all of the revealed available information about the first contact name has been sequentially scrolled through without requiring revealing available information about the adjacent contact name in response to the detected additional further output from the navigation tool.