Method and device for mobile retrieval of information

A method for optimizing retrieval of information of a mobile radio terminal via an air interface from a central station, wherein the information is traffic information, route information, traffic jam information and weather information, characterized in that display to an accurate specification of the information to be queried offline menus in a hierarchical menu structure, that in each menu at least one symbol indicating that an icon on a menu of a subordinate menu level points that with a penetration in the hierarchical menu structure with each menu plane, the query is more detailed, in which sending the query to acquire the information must be initiated manually by a user by selecting an icon before reaching a specified level of menus, and that the sending of the query is automatically performed for obtaining the information on reaching the defined menu level, and wherein the information is displayed upon receipt.