PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR VIEWING ON A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANE SCREEN FROM A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOCATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

摘要

portable electronic device, and method for displaying on a substantially planar screen of a portable electronic device the location of an electronic device. pdas can be used to provide your users with various functions. One such function is the ability to contact users other than users who are stored in the pda as contacts, for example by text message phone. The decision as to whether or not a particular user should be contacted may be influenced by that user's location. For example, if a contact is nearby, then the PDA user may be more likely to want to contact you. The present invention provides a PDA on which the location of one or more contacts may be displayed. In addition, the location of a particular contact can be shown on a map on the footprint by simply tilting the footprint at a predetermined angle about a horizontal axis. thus the map can be displayed in an intuitive and straightforward manner.