Patent ID: 8463321

Claim:
A mobile information terminal comprising: a first housing; a second housing connected to said first housing in a relatively movable manner, said second housing having a first part and a second part on its surface facing said first housing, the mobile information terminal being changeable in status to a first status in which said first part is exposed to the outside and to a second status in which said second part is exposed to the outside; status detecting portion to detect whether the mobile information terminal is in said first status or said second status; first communication portion; second communication portion different in communication method from said first communication portion; mode switching portion to switch a communication mode, on the basis of the status detected by said status detecting portion, to either a first communication mode in which communication is performed using said first communication portion or a second communication mode in which communication is performed using said second communication portion; operation accepting portion to accept an operation by a user; and a connection terminal to which an earphone microphone can be connected; wherein in the state where said first status is detected, said mode switching portion switches the communication mode to the mode accepted by said operation accepting portion in the case where the earphone microphone is connected to said connection terminal, and said mode switching portion switches the communication mode to said first communication mode in the case where the earphone microphone is not connected to said connection terminal.