Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating viewing of a display indicia displayed upon a user display of a portable communication device, such as a cellular mobile station. For files that the client computer detects that are not part of the trusted set, a server scans copies of files to protect the client computer against malicious software. There are various decorative attachments that can be attached at the opening in the top or stuck into the holes on the body of the device to pin up loose hair andor add styling flair. The control information area stores at least one set of control information, which includes a first kind of write pulse information including information to be used as a reference value and a second kind of write pulse information including information to be used as an offset value. A subscriber line interface circuit apparatus includes a first circuit for coupling a received outgoing audio signal to a subscriber line. During the preamble dwell interval, selected estimates of one or more received preamble symbols within a plurality of successive data symbols are repeated, in order to generate a longer sequence of preamble symbol estimates.