A peripheral device for a wireless communication device combines a full-sized input device and a full-sized display screen in a single device. A user interacts with data stored on the wireless communication device using the peripheral device as an input/output device. The peripheral device accesses data residing on the wireless communication device and uses the data to run applications. The results of the execution are stored on the wireless communication device. The peripheral device is capable of operating with any wireless communication device, such as a cell phone, or other device such as a handheld computer, a PDA, a pager, and the like.