Patent ID: 6995799

Claim:
A portable information communication apparatus for conducting information communication, comprising: an image capturing device for obtaining an image of a subject through a zoom optical system; a body casing connected to said image capturing device; a communicator for conducting information communication with the exterior; a display disposed on said body casing for displaying said image obtained by said image capturing device; a rotating mechanism for changing a positional relationship of said image capturing device and said body casing relative to each other between a first position in which an optical axis of said image capturing device and a display screen of said display are substantially parallel to each other and a second position in which said optical axis of said image capturing device and said display screen of said display are substantially perpendicular to each other; and a manual operation device for accepting a user's operation associated with information communication when in said first position and for accepting a user's operation associated with image capturing when in said second position, said manual operation device comprising a rotary member for accepting a push in operation and a rotary operation.