Abstract: A mobile telephone includes a radio circuit for establishing a call over a communications network. The mobile telephone also includes a housing that retains the radio circuit and an illumination assembly. The illumination assembly is controlled to generate light in a color having a user specified relationship to a location of the mobile telephone. In one embodiment, the illumination assembly is controlled to generate light in a color having a user specified relationship to an electronic device that is detected to be in relative proximity to the mobile telephone.

Abstract: A method of controlling preferences of a mobile telephone includes associating one or more user-settable preferences with a location or geographic area. The one or more preferences is applied to operation of the mobile telephone when the mobile telephone is at the location or geographic area. In one embodiment, the method includes associating one or more user-settable preferences with an electronic device having a known identity; detecting presence of the electronic device; and applying the one or more preferences associated with the electronic device to operation of the mobile telephone. In another embodiment, the method includes associating one or more user-settable preferences with a segment of time; and during the segment of time, applying the one or more preferences associated with the segment of time to operation of the mobile telephone.