14. An apparatus configured as a portable communication device, comprising: a display; at least one character-input keyboard having at least some keys that correspond to at least two differing characters; a control circuit operably coupled to the display and the at least one character-input keyboard, the control circuit being configured, as keys of the keyboard are asserted, to dynamically determine at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of key assertions.
14. An apparatus configured as a portable communication device, comprising: a display; at least one character-input keyboard having at least some keys that correspond to at least two differing characters; a control circuit operably coupled to the display and the at least one character-input keyboard, the control circuit being configured, as keys of the keyboard are asserted, to dynamically determine at least a portion of a corresponding telephone number to present on the display by, at least in part, considering likelihoods of differing explicit and implicit interpretations of key assertions. 18. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the control circuit is further configured to display the corresponding telephone number on the display.