Personal digital assistant and program for controlling used for the same

A personal digital assistant comprising

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• a display part capable of displaying a menu screen page for displaying a plurality of menu items, a menu item screen page corresponding to each menu item of a plurality of the menu items and an unrelated screen page;
• a menu selecting control means for selecting a menu item from a plurality of the menu items by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part on the menu screen page;
• an unrelated screen page transfer means for transferring to the unrelated screen page which is not related to the selected menu item by pushing operation of the control switch for a time longer than a predetermined time on the menu screen page;
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• a menu item screen page transfer means for transferring to the menu item screen page corresponding to the menu item by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time not longer than a predetermined time on the menu screen page.

A personal digital assistant comprises:

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• a display part capable of displaying a mail list screen page for displaying a mail list, a mail contents screen page for displaying each mail contents of the mail list screen page and a reply mail screen page for a reply mail to each mail of the mail list screen page;
• a mail selecting control means for selecting one mail from the mail list screen page by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part on the mail list screen page;
• a reply mail screen page transfer means for transferring to the reply mail screen page corresponding to the selected mail by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time longer than a predetermined time on the mail list screen page;
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• a mail contents transfer means for transferring to the mail contents screen page corresponding to the selected mail by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time not longer than a predetermined time on the mail list screen page.

A personal digital assistant comprising:

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• a display part capable of displaying a file list screen page for displaying a file list, a file activated screen page for displaying each activated file of the file list screen page and a file detailed information screen page for displaying a more detailed file information in comparison to the file list screen page;
• a file selecting control means for selecting one file from the file list screen page by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part on the file list screen page;
• a file detailed information screen page transfer means for transferring to the file detailed information screen page by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time longer than a predetermined time on the file list screen page;
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• a file activated screen page transfer means for transferring to the file activated screen page on which the selected file is activated by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time not longer than a predetermined time on the file list screen page.

A personal digital assistant comprises:

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• a display part capable of displaying a tab screen page for displaying a plurality of tabs, another tab screen page corresponding to each tab of a plurality of the tabs;
• a setting item selecting control means for selecting a setting item of the tab screen page by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part on the tab screen page;
• a tab screen page transfer means for transferring to said another tab screen page by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time longer than a predetermined time on the tab screen page;
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• a tab selecting control means for selecting sequentially a plurality of the tabs by pushing operation of the control switch part for a time not longer than a predetermined time on the tab screen page.

A personal digital assistant having a communicating function therein or a mail sending and receiving function for sending and receiving mails by connecting to an external communicating instrument comprises:

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• an illustrative sentences displaying control means for displaying a plurality of predetermined illustrative sentences for a sending mail;
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• a sending mail sentence determining means for determining the selected sending mail sentence by pushing operation of the control switch part after selecting a sending mail sentence from a plurality of the illustrative sentences for a sending mail by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part.

A personal digital assistant having a communicating function therein or a mail sending and receiving function for sending and receiving mails by connecting to an external communicating instrument comprises:

• a control switch part capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation, wherein:
• a received mail is selected from at least one received mail by operation of the control switch part;
• a sender's address of the selected received mail is determined as a sending address by pushing operation of the control switch part after selecting the received mail;
• a plurality of predetermined illustrative sentences for a sending mail are displayed on a display part;
• an illustrative sentence for a sending mail is selected from a plurality of the predetermined illustrative sentences for a sending mail by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part;
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• the selected illustrative sentence for a sending mail is determined for sending a mail to the determined sending address as a sending mail sentence by pushing operation of the control switch part.

A program for controlling used for a personal digital assistant having a communicating function therein or a mail sending and receiving function for sending and receiving mails by connecting to an external communicating instrument comprising:

• a selecting step selecting a received mail from at least one received mail by operation of a control switch part which is capable of oscillating or rotating and pushing operation;
• a determining and displaying step of determining a sender's address of received mail as a sending address by pushing operation of the control switch part after selection and displaying a plurality of predetermined illustrative sentences for a sending mail;
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• a sending mail sentence determining step of selecting an illustrative sentence for a sending mail from a plurality of the illustrative sentences for a sending mail by oscillating or rotating operation of the control switch part and determining the selected illustrative sentence for a sending mail as a sending mail sentence for sending to the determined sending address by pushing operation of the control switch part.