An integrated mobile terminal device including an external display unit, a
personal digital assistant (PDA) unit and a cellular phone unit combined
with one another, and a timer controlled by either the PDA unit or the
cellular phone unit for enabling the PDA unit at given time intervals is
provided. The cellular phone unit controls the external display unit in
an enabled state, directs the PDA unit to control the external display
unit when the cellular phone unit is switched off and the cellular phone
unit detects the PDA unit to be in an enabled state, and transitions to
an off state after activating the timer when the PDA unit is in a
disabled state. The PDA unit determines whether the cellular phone unit
is in the off state when the PDA unit transitions to the enabled state,
and transitions to the disabled state after activating the timer when
disabled.