7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said cell phone is further programmed to display a plurality of possible predefined auto-response text messages which can be sent to the sender of an incoming text, each said auto-response text message having an area on said touchscreen which, when touched, said cell phone is programmed to interpret as a command to send that particular predefined text message as said auto-response text message, said cell phone further programmed to determine which auto-response text message area was touched and to said send as said auto-response text message to the sender of said incoming text message whichever predefined auto-response text message corresponds to the area of said touchscreen which was touched.
6. A cell phone programmed to respond to an incoming text message by displaying an auto-response text messages which will be sent to the sender of said incoming text message when an auto-response is ordered by the user of said cell phone, said cell phone further programmed to audibly announce the identity of the sender of said incoming text message and display said identity on said touchscreen of said cell phone, and said cell phone further programmed to monitor for either an audible command to auto-respond by sending said auto-response text message or to determine when said user has touched said area of said touchscreen which said cell phone has been programmed to interpret as a command to send said auto-response text message, and when a command to send said auto-response text message is received, sending said auto-response text message to the sender of said incoming text message.