Patent ID: 8600449
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile communication device comprising: a housing; a communication part that transmits and receives messages; a display part that displays a first message, or a second message that is related to the first message; a detection part that detects a change in a state of the housing, wherein the change comprises a shift direction in the housing; and a control part that displays the second message on the display part, in a display direction of the second message that is different from a display direction of the first message in case in which the detection part detects a change in the state of the housing when the display part displays the first message, wherein the control part changes the display part of the displayed second message as a shift of the housing in a first direction of the housing is detected by the detection part, and changes the second message for displaying on the display as a shift of the housing in a direction perpendicular to the first direction is detected by the detection part when one of a plurality of second messages is displayed on the display part.