Editing in a personal information device in the form of a PCMCIA card with a PCMCIA I/O port

摘要

A personal information device, comprising: ```a housing in the form of a PCMCIA card; ```a PCMCIA I/O port at one end of the housing and adapted to be coupled to a PCMCIA port of a computer; ```an input device within the housing and accessible by a user for receiving user-supplied information, said input device including an edit button; ```a memory in said housing adapted to receive and store therein application code and said user-supplied information: ```a flat panel display within or on said housing and visible to said user for displaying information thereto; and ```a controller coupled to said memory, said controller being operable to execute the application code stored in said memory, to control the flat panel display, and to receive the user-supplied information received by said input device, said controller, when executing the application code, being adapted to enter an edit mode upon user depression of the edit button, and said controller, when in said edit mode, being adapted to edit the user-supplied information stored in the memory in response to other user-supplied information received by the input device.