Patent ID: 8022926

Claim:
A mobile radio terminal apparatus which performs radio communications with a base station apparatus connected to a mobile communications network, the mobile radio terminal apparatus comprising: a display unit which displays an image in an image display area and displays character information in a character display area; a first display control unit configured to execute an image display of the display unit so that the display unit displays the image in the image display area; a changing unit configured to change a size of the image display area of the image display executed by the first display control unit, in accordance with a display direction parameter set by user instructions and set a size of the character display area in accordance with the changed size of the image display area of the image display; and a second display control unit configured to execute a telop display of the display unit when an electronic mail is received and the image display is executed by the first display control unit, and configured to shift the character information displayed in the character display area by the display unit at a speed that is changeable in accordance with both the display direction parameter and the size of the character display area set by the changing unit.