A mobile entertainment and communication device for communicating with the Internet and remotely located telephones comprising: a camera and a cellular telephone electrically connected and mounted in a portable housing of a size and weight for being handheld by a person, said cellular telephone having a microprocessor, a microphone, a speaker, a display panel, a dial pad and at least one of a wired or wireless earpiece for use by the person for wireless accessing the Internet and for placing and receiving person-to-person telephone calls to and from remotely located telephones; said microprocessor adapted for activating said camera and microphone for capturing images and sounds within a range of said housing; a memory in said housing operatively connected to said camera and said cellular telephone for storing said images captured by said camera and said sounds captured by said microphone; said cellphone adapted for causing at least one of said stored images or said stored sounds to be transmitted by said cellular telephone to at least one of a remotely located telephone or the Internet; said memory including an audio recorder mounted in said housing and having means for recording audible transmissions during the person-to-person telephone calls to and from said cellular telephone and for recording sounds within a range of said housing without a telephone call; a display and a speaker provided with said portable housing for reproducing sounds and images from said memory and the Internet; at least one switch provided with the cellphone for downloading data from or uploading data to the Internet or downloading data to a computer or other devices; and a switch for separately operating at least one of (a) said microprocessor adapted for activating said camera, (b) said microphone, (c) said cellular telephone, (d) said memory, (e) said cellphone for causing said stored images and sounds to be transmitted, (f) said audio recorder, or (g) said display and speaker. view more

The device of claim 1 or 2, further comprising, a camera provided in said housing and operatively connected to said cellphone and memory for selectively capturing and storing images, said means for activating said cellphone for wirelessly communicating with a remotely located telephone also selectively causing currently captured or stored images to be transmitted by said cellphone to the remotely located telephone. view more

The device of claim 1, <HIL><BOLD>2</BOLD></HIL>, <HIL><BOLD>18</BOLD></HIL>, or <HIL><BOLD>19</BOLD></HIL>, further including means for direct connection to a computer for downloading or uploading data between the computer and the device.