Disclosed herein are a portable information terminal apparatus, an information processing method, a computer-program storage medium, and a computer-program. In a portable information terminal apparatus capable of managing a schedule list, the apparatus includes an acquiring device configured to acquire program information; a displaying device configured to display the program information acquired by the acquiring device; an establishing device configured to establish preset information for presetting a program for unattended recording based on an operation input by a user referring to the program information displayed by the displaying device; and a writing device configured to write to the schedule list the preset information established by the establishing device. In the apparatus, the displaying device further displays the schedule list including the preset information written by the writing device.