Abstract: A mobile telephone has a key field with selection keys and function keys, a display field, and transmission/reception equipment potentially integrated in a hand-held control part of the mobile telephone. A soft key referenced with the designation “message” in a stand by mode flashes upon reception of a message via short message service or caller line identification. A message menu is displayed when the soft key is pressed, this message menu containing messages about a voice message, a text message including the plurality of new or old messages and also offering the plurality of known callers, of unknown callers and a possibility of sending messages. Voice messages, short messages and caller line identification displays flash when new messages that have not yet been read have been received. A scroll system allows users to scroll to the desired message and press either a key “listen” or “view”.

Abstract: A mobile telephone according to the invention receives and stores short messages. Those short messages are displayed on a display of the mobile telephone. The operator can confirm a received message with a "yes" response or can send a return short message with an edit function.