Patent ID: 6931258

Claim:
A radiophone, said radiophone arranged to assume a plurality of states including an idle state, said radiophone comprising: control means controlling the user interface; said user interface provided with: a display; a keypad comprising: a group of keys for at least one of a number and a character entry; a scroll key for scrolling through selectable items; and two soft keys each having multiple functionality depending on the current state of the radiophone, the function of said two soft keys when pressed is controlled by the control means and displayed in the display in respective areas solely dedicated for displaying these functions; said control means arranges a group of actions being allowable upon a state change event in idle state of the phone; and said control means upon detection of an alphanumeric data input as said state change event in the idle state of the radiotelephone, displays: in the softkey display area for a first of the two softkeys, a menu to access said group of actions by pressing the first soft key for operating on said alphanumeric data input; and in the softkey display area for a second of the two softkeys, a menu to return to the idle state and clear said alphanumeric data input.