Multi-application communication device

A multi-application communication device comprising:

• a wireless communicator having a plurality of states configured to provide telecommunications between the device and the public land mobile network;
• a processor configured to run at least a current application program having a current application graphical interface and a telephone application having a telephone application graphical interface configured to control the wireless communicator;
• a screen configured to display one of said graphical interfaces at a time under the control of the processor;
• an input device;
• and
• a plurality of telephone control buttons displayed on the screen when the wireless communicator is not idle operable in conjunction with the input device to control the state of the wireless communicator without first changing the current application graphical interface to the telephone application screen display.