Push-to-talk features in wireless communications devices and methods

A wireless communications terminal that communicates in a communications infrastructure including opening a push-to-talk (PTT) contact list application ( 220 ) on the terminal when the terminal is in a dormant state, for example, by pressing a PTT input at least once, and transitioning the terminal from the dormant state to an active state when the PTT contact list application is opened. Other PTT features include indicating whether PTT contacts in the contact list are available for a PTT call, and indicating which PTT call participant is talking, among other PTT features.