Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Shin-Dong Ryu

Dong-Wook Kwon

Hyun-Jae Kim

Dong-wook Kwon

A method and apparatus for setting a font size in a mobile terminal having a touch screen. During a font size setting mode, an area of a region where a user's finger touches the screen is detected. A font size corresponding to the detected area is determined from among preset font sizes, and the determined font size is displayed in a specific region on the touch screen. If a font size setting request to the displayed font size is received from the user, the displayed font size is stored for a subsequent display on the touch screen.

Method and apparatus for setting font size in a mobile terminal having a touch screen

A method and mobile communication terminal for storing phone book data in the mobile communication terminal are provided in which phone book data can be registered group-by-group, where a predetermined is selected group among the registered groups in response to a user's request, and at least one of phone book data stored in the selected group is moved and stored into a group assigned by the user when a phone book data movement request is input by the user. Accordingly, a plurality of phone book data stored in a predetermined group among phone book data stored in a group basis in a mobile communication terminal can be easily moved and stored into another group. In addition, since the user can easily store phone book data whose group is not identified in a predetermined group, user convenience improves.

Method of storing phone book data in mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal implementing the same

A slim type portable terminal is provided comprising a first housing on which a keypad and a microphone unit are arranged, and a second housing comprising a liquid crystal display unit and a speaker unit, in which a printed circuit board is disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal display unit and arranged side by side with the liquid crystal display unit on a co-planar surface, and a buffer member is attached to an upper surface of the liquid crystal display unit, through which a flexible circuit provided to the terminal extends.

Slim type portable terminal

An apparatus and method are provided for inputting a character in a mobile communication terminal which displays character items representing types of characters on a screen of the mobile communication terminal in order for a user to select a type of character to be input in a character input mode. The apparatus and method comprise mapping each of the character items to each of predetermined keys included in a keypad and displaying mapped items, when the mobile communication terminal enters the character input mode; and setting predetermined characters to be display characters for displaying on the screen when a predetermined key signal is input while a preset key signal is input, the predetermined characters being included in a character item corresponding to the predetermined key signal, the predetermined key signal corresponding to one of the displayed character items.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Shin-Dong Ryu