Portable device and method for reading coded information

A method for reading coded information and for acquiring digital images by means of a portable device, said method comprising the steps of:

• reading by reading means said coded information, and/or acquiring by digital image acquisition means at least one digital image of a framed zone;
• associating with said digital image acquisition means an illuminator and powering said illuminator by means of a current driving signal corresponding to a first current signal in a first operating mode for illuminating said image during an acquisition;
• powering said illuminator by said driving signal corresponding to a second current signal in a second operating mode, such that said illuminator emits a visual reading outcome indication relating to the reading of said coded information when said coded information is read by said reading means,
• wherein said method further comprises:
• arranging said reading means in a first face of said portable device to read coded information in a first semispace in front of said first face, and
• arranging said image acquisition means and said illuminator in a second face of said portable device such that said illuminator illuminates at least a portion of a second semispace in front of said second face, said second face being different from said first face to orient differently in space said first semispace said second semispace.