Portable device for storing and searching telephone listings, and method and computer program product for transmitting telephone information to a portable device

A portable device having telephone information stored thereon, comprising:

• (a) a memory storing telephone information specific to a particular geographic region;
• (b) wherein the telephone information includes telephone numbers, each of the telephone numbers having a name associated therewith;
• (c) wherein the telephone information further includes address information;
• (d) wherein the telephone information further includes locally stored graphical information including advertising information, wherein the graphical information is output on the display, wherein a fee is charged for inclusion of the advertising information in the telephone information;
• (e) wherein at least a portion of the telephone information corresponds to at least one of a white pages listing and a yellow pages listing;
• (f) wherein the geographic region is at least one of a city, a metropolitan area, a state, and a country;
• (g) a display for displaying the stored telephone information;
• (h) alphanumeric keys for entering query information for searching the stored telephone information;
• (i) a scrolling mechanism for allowing a user to scroll through consecutive entries of the stored telephone information;
• (j) a processing mechanism for searching for specific portions of the telephone information based on the query information input by the user via the alphanumeric keys, wherein the processing mechanism is dedicated to processing searches of the telephone information;
• (k) wherein the query information includes at least one of business name data, business category data, and residential name data;
• and
• (l) an input/output mechanism for receiving updated telephone information;
• (m) a power source;
• (n) wherein the portable device has a width of less than 6 inches, a height of less 4 inches, and a thickness of less than 1 inch.