Patent ID: 7783256

Claim:
A method of enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element of a handheld electronic device, comprising: enabling said short-range wireless communications element; pairing said handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using said short-range wireless communications element; providing a first icon on said handheld electronic device after pairing said handheld electronic device with said second electronic device; and thereafter: (i) disabling said short-range wireless communications element and replacing said first icon with a second icon on said handheld electronic device whenever said first icon is selected, and (ii) enabling said short-range wireless communications element and replacing said second icon with said first icon on said handheld electronic device whenever said second icon is selected; wherein said short-range wireless communications element includes a transmitter/receiver element, wherein enabling said short-range wireless communications element comprises turning said transmitter/receiver element on and disabling said short-range wireless communications element comprises turning said transmitter/receiver element off.