Quick dialing in a mobile phone

A method for quickly initiating a telecommunication connection from a communication apparatus (10), in which method telephone numbers and corresponding identifications are stored in a memory of said communication apparatus (10) prior to making a call and where the number to be called is selected with a quick dialing method wherein the user first searches an identification on a display (11) corresponding to the required stored number by using keys (11, 12, 13), characterized in that thereafter a call to the selected number is initiated by a single touching of a predetermined area (25, 26, 27) of said display;

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• in that at least one of said identifications (24) has at least two alternative telephone numbers associated thereto and stored in the memory of said communication apparatus (10), wherein when said at least one identification (24) is displayed on said display (11) a different and equally selectable sub-area (25, 26, 27) of said display corresponds to each one of said at least two alternative telephone numbers, and the user selects the number to be called by touching the corresponding sub-area of said display.

A method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the user initiates a call to the selected number by touching a sub-area corresponding to the selected number at least two subsequent times.

A personal communicator comprising a display (11) for displaying information, a plurality of keys (12, 13, 14) for entering information and memory means for storing telephone numbers and corresponding identifications, at least one of said keys being arranged to produce representatives of said identifications to said display when actuated, characterized in that said display (11 ) is a touch-sensitive display with a plurality of equally selectable touch-sensitive sub-areas (25, 26, 27) corresponding to the telephone numbers associated with the identification (24) shown on said display (11);

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• in that the touching of a predetermined selectable sub-area of said touch-sensitive sub-areas (25, 26, 27) of said display (28) will initiate a call to the corresponding telephone number.