Patent ID: 8243026

Claim:
A mobile device, comprising: a display unit, a storage system, and at least one processor; and a character selecting system stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the character selecting system comprising: an interface generating module operable to generate a short message editing interface, and display the short message editing interface on the display unit; a list setting module operable to set a preconfigured key-press of the mobile device to be an activation key-press of a number list corresponding to a character list, generate the number list when the character list is formed to edit a short message on the short message editing interface, and match each character in the character list with a number in the number list; and a character selecting module operable to activate a normal key-press on the mobile device corresponding to a number in the number list, and select a character matched with the number from the character list to edit the short message.