Patent ID: 7702096

Claim:
A self-cradling type portable terminal comprising: a first body having at least one first user interfacing unit, the first body having a stationary body and a sliding body adapted to slide in a longitudinal direction of the stationary body while continuously facing the stationary body so that a predetermined region of an upper surface of the stationary body is exposed/hidden, and a second body having at least one second user interfacing unit, the second body being connected to the first body so as to rotate about a hinge axis extending through a region of a lateral surface of the first body in a longitudinal direction of the first body, the region being spaced from a center of the lateral surface, so that the first body is supported at a slant by the second body when the second body is rotated by a predetermined angle relative to the first body; wherein the second user interfacing unit comprises a camera lens positioned on a lateral surface of the second body, and wherein the camera lens is adapted to face a user when the second body rotates about the hinge axis by the predetermined angle and supports the first body at a slant.