Patent ID: 8634871

Claim:
A mobile electronic device comprising: a housing of a transparent material, the housing having an outer shape comprising a first main face and a second main face; a display unit arranged inside the housing and configured to display images on both surfaces on the first main face side and the second main face side, the display unit including an image display area that is transparent when no image is displayed thereon; a physical key of an opaque or translucent material, the physical key being arranged on the first main face of the housing; a circuit component arranged between the physical key and the display unit and including a control unit configured to receive an input from the physical key, control the display unit, and display an image based on at least one of length, angle, and orientation of the image display area of the display unit; a location-information acquiring unit configured to acquire location information; and a direction specifying unit configured to specify a direction of the housing, wherein the control unit is configured to display information on surroundings of the mobile electronic device located on a rear face side of the image display area in the image display area based on the location information acquired by the location-information acquiring unit and the direction specified by the direction specifying unit.