1. A method for operating a wireless communicator having a display and a touch sensitive input device, said display displaying a plurality of symbols, comprising the steps of: detecting a first location of a tactile input on the touch sensitive input device; magnifying one or more displayed symbols in the vicinity of the first location by emulating a presence of a lens element disposed between the display and the user such that magnification of the displayed symbols is non-linear within an area being magnified; detecting a second location of the tactile input after magnifying the displayed symbols; associating the second location of the tactile input with a selected symbol; and identifying the selected symbol as a user-designated input symbol.