A method and apparatus are provided for creating a personal area network with a wireless keyboard, comprising generating a text message on a keyboard integrated display to prompt a user to enter a password, determining all available personal area network devices and displaying a subset of the available personal area network devices based upon access permissions associated with the password. Generally, the wireless keyboard includes logic for generating prompts to a user to create a master password and user passwords with defined access privileges. Moreover, a user, by utilizing the display, may select alternate or additional devices with which to couple. In one embodiment, the wireless keyboard is further operable to send and receive text messages with a cell phone which are further propagated through a cellular network using legacy text message protocols.