17. A personal digital assistant device comprising: a storage means having a data base for storing one or more records, each of the records comprising data elements defining an identifier of a party and communication information required for communicating with the party through an electronic communication link; a first user input means, said first user input means being operable by a user for inputting a search key corresponding to at least one of the data elements of at least one of said records; a search engine for comparing at least one of the data elements of at least one of the records to the search key; a display for displaying at least a portion of those ones of said records having at least one data element corresponding to the search key; a second user input means, said second user input means being operable by the user for selecting one of the records having at least one data element corresponding to the search key; and electronic communication means for initiating an electronic communication to the party identified by the identifier defined by data elements of the selected record, using one of a plurality of types of electronic communication.
17. A personal digital assistant device comprising: a storage means having a data base for storing one or more records, each of the records comprising data elements defining an identifier of a party and communication information required for communicating with the party through an electronic communication link; a first user input means, said first user input means being operable by a user for inputting a search key corresponding to at least one of the data elements of at least one of said records; a search engine for comparing at least one of the data elements of at least one of the records to the search key; a display for displaying at least a portion of those ones of said records having at least one data element corresponding to the search key; a second user input means, said second user input means being operable by the user for selecting one of the records having at least one data element corresponding to the search key; and electronic communication means for initiating an electronic communication to the party identified by the identifier defined by data elements of the selected record, using one of a plurality of types of electronic communication. 18. A personal digital assistant device as set forth in claim 17, wherein the plurality of types of electronic communication include at least two of a telephony communication, a facsimile communication, an E-mail communication, a paging communication, and an Internet communication.