19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for performing the method of displaying a plurality of chat threads on a wireless mobile terminal comprising a user input device and a display, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of inbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of inbound chat messages comprising message content; transmitting a plurality of outbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of outbound chat messages comprising message content and being transmitted to at least one user-selected recipient to thereby become a sent chat message; simultaneously displaying the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in a single content region of a chat history display; receiving at the user input device a user selection of the displayed message content of a user-selected displayed chat message corresponding to one of the displayed pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages; and in response to the user selection of the displayed message content of the user-selected displayed chat message: visually highlighting in the single content region of the chat history display the displayed message content of each of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages associated with a particular chat thread corresponding to the user-selected displayed chat message; and displaying in a region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region a private nickname of a sender of the user-selected displayed chat message when a buddy identifier of the sender is in the nickname records of a recipient of the one or more recipients of the user-selected displayed chat message, otherwise displaying in the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region the public nickname of the sender, wherein the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region is a title bar region of the chat history display.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for performing the method of displaying a plurality of chat threads on a wireless mobile terminal comprising a user input device and a display, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of inbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of inbound chat messages comprising message content; transmitting a plurality of outbound chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads, each of the plurality of outbound chat messages comprising message content and being transmitted to at least one user-selected recipient to thereby become a sent chat message; simultaneously displaying the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in a single content region of a chat history display; receiving at the user input device a user selection of the displayed message content of a user-selected displayed chat message corresponding to one of the displayed pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages; and in response to the user selection of the displayed message content of the user-selected displayed chat message: visually highlighting in the single content region of the chat history display the displayed message content of each of the displayed inbound and sent chat messages associated with a particular chat thread corresponding to the user-selected displayed chat message; and displaying in a region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region a private nickname of a sender of the user-selected displayed chat message when a buddy identifier of the sender is in the nickname records of a recipient of the one or more recipients of the user-selected displayed chat message, otherwise displaying in the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region the public nickname of the sender, wherein the region of the chat history display distinct from the single content region is a title bar region of the chat history display. 27. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein simultaneously display further comprises simultaneous display in a single selection list the message content of each of the pluralities of inbound and sent chat messages corresponding to the plurality of chat threads in the single content region of the chat history display.