摘要 |
A portable electronic communications device, in particular a mobile telephone (10) or cordless telephone, comprises a housing (12) on which a display device (14) and a keypad (16) are provided, the keypad (16) being constructed separately from the display device (14) for the inputting of multiple alphanumeric characters, wherein the keypad (16) has multiple character keys (20), to each of which at least one alphanumeric character is assigned, which can be selected and activated by activation of the character key (20) for display in the display device (14), wherein the communication device additionally comprises a key selection and activation means (18), by the activation of which (u, d, r, l) one of the character keys (20) can be selected as an active key (20b), wherein the communications device further comprises a display means (21) which is constructed in order to display the currently selected active key (20b) of the keypad (16), and wherein the alphanumeric character assigned to the currently selected active character key (20b) can be activated by means of the key selection and activation means (18) for display by the display device (14). |