Patent ID: 7483720

Claim:
A portable terminal having an open state and a closed state, said portable terminal comprising: a first housing having a main display unit with a screen; a second housing having at least an input unit; a detecting unit for detecting opening of either of said first and second housings; and a control unit for controlling said screen of said main display unit; wherein said first housing is openably and closably connected to said second housing, wherein said main display unit is disposed in an outside surface of said first housing which is opposite to an inside surface of said first housing that faces said second housing in said closed state, and is visible to a user in at least said closed state of said portable terminal, and wherein, when said detecting unit detects opening of either of said first and second housings, said control unit changes a non-input screen of an item to be displayed on said main display unit in the closed state to an input screen corresponding to said item.