18. The method of claim 1 , comprising displaying, by the display device, a set of functional icons corresponding to different actions to be taken by the portable device upon subsequent selection by the user as represented by the input data entry received by the input device.
18. The method of claim 1 , comprising displaying, by the display device, a set of functional icons corresponding to different actions to be taken by the portable device upon subsequent selection by the user as represented by the input data entry received by the input device. 22. The method of claim 18 , wherein one of the functional icons in the set of functional icons corresponds to displaying a user-predefined set of phrases, each of the phrases associated with a respective selectable dynamic key.