Patent ID: 8009144

Claim:
A portable terminal unit comprising: a first housing having at least a display section; a second housing having at least a main operation section, wherein both said first housing and said second housing are coupled together so that said main operation section is covered with said first housing in a closed state and is exposed in an opened state, and said display section is exposed in both said closed state and said opened state; an auxiliary operation section provided on either said first housing or said second housing other than on surfaces of said first housing and said second housing opposed to each other in said closed state; and a control section for controlling said display section in the closed state and in the opened state, wherein in the closed state said control section controls said display section to display thereon an item selecting screen for selecting an item from a plurality of items, wherein each item of the plurality of items represents functionality that can be activated in response to a state change from the closed state to the opened state, and wherein in a state where a specific item which requires a text input operation by the main operation section is selected from the plurality of items on the item selecting screen, in response to a state change from the closed state to the opened state, the control section controls said display section to change from the item selecting screen, into displaying a text input screen for the selected specific item, wherein in a state where a specific item which requires a text input operation by the main operation section is selected from the plurality of items on the item selecting screen, in response to that selection of the specific item is determined by the auxiliary operation section, said control section controls said display section to display thereon a message screen prompting a user to change said portable unit from the closed state into the opened state, and wherein said control section controls said display section to display thereon a text input screen for the selected specific item in response to a state change from the closed state to the opened state after the message is displayed.