An electronic device comprising: a display; a housing enclosing the display and defining an exterior surface region adjacent to the display, the exterior surface region having a plurality of surface zones indicated thereon, the surface zones being capable of being written on by a user to save a written marking thereon; a memory; and user input apparatus; the device having: a first mode in which the device performs a function in respect of a subject entity and in which in response to operation of the user input apparatus to indicate one of the zones the device stores the entity in the memory in association with that zone; and a second mode in which in response to selection of a zone by means of the user input apparatus the device performs a function in respect of an entity stored in association with the selected zone.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a plurality of zones, the zones being capable of being selected by a user;
a display, wherein the display demarcates the plurality of zones;
a housing enclosing the display;
a memory;
wherein
a first mode in the device performs a first function in respect of a subject entity;
the display displays an indicator associated with at least one of the zones at a time proximate to performing the first function in respect of the subject entity; and
in response to selection by the user to indicate the at least one zone the device stores the subject entity in the memory in association with the at least one zone; the device having
a second mode in which in response to selection of the at least one zone the device performs a second function in respect of the subject entity stored in association with the selected zone.
2. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the zones are configured to be written on by the user.
3. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display demarcates the plurality of zones by illumination.
4. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of zones are variable in size.
5. An electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the size of the zones is defined by the user.
6. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the indicator is associated with one or more unused zones.
7. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second function comprises originating a communication to the entity.
8. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first function comprises receiving a communication and the entity comprises an identity of an originator of the communication.
9. A method of operating an electronic device, said method comprising:
performing a first function in respect of a subject entity;
displaying an indicator associated with at least one zone of a plurality of zones at a time proximate to performing the first function in respect of the subject entity;
storing the subject entity in a memory in the electronic device in association with one zone in response to selection of the one zone; and
performing a second function in respect of the subject entity stored in association with the one zone.
10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising writing on the zones by a user.
11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the displaying comprises demarcating the plurality of zones by illumination.
12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the selection of the plurality of zones comprises selecting a plurality of zones which are variable in size.
13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising defining the size of the zones.