Novel personal electronics device

A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:

• providing an embedded processor at the hand-held device,
• providing a non-embedded processor at the hand-held device,
• providing a permanent memory for storing data for the embedded processor and the non-embedded processor,
• providing for a continued activation of the embedded processor and for an activation of the non-embedded processor when the non-embedded processor is to be used to process data,
• storing data in the permanent memory for the non-embedded processor,
• providing a temporary memory in the non-embedded processor for the data to be processed in the non-embedded processor, and
• providing for a transfer to the permanent memory of the data in the temporary memory for use in the non-embedded processor when the non-embedded processor is to be activated to process data.

A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:

• providing an embedded processor for processing first data,
• providing a non-embedded processor for processing second data different from the first data,
• providing for the non-embedded processor to be in a sleep state and to be awakened by the embedded processor from the sleep state when the non-embedded processor is to process the second data,
• providing for a single source of energy for the embedded processor and the non-embedded processor,
• introducing new protocols, and changes in and additions to existing protocols, into an extension form registry at the non-embedded processor, and
• transferring the protocols in the extension form registry at the non-embedded processor to the embedded processor for storage by the embedded processor and for use in performing the protocols at the non-embedded processor.

A method of providing for the passage of information between a hand-held device and a second device displaced from the hand-held device, including the steps of:

• providing at the hand-held device a first processor capable of performing first protocols,
• providing at the hand-held device a second processor capable of performing second functions different from the first functions and requiring more power than the power required by the first functions,
• providing power at the hand-held device for the first processor and for the second processor only when the second processor is to perform one of the second functions,
• providing the second protocols initially to the second processor, and
• transferring the second protocols to the first processor for retention in the first processor.