Patent ID: 8233072

Claim:
An electronic device having a display function in a rotatable housing, comprising: a displaying unit that displays a first screen or a second screen in accordance with rotation; and a controlling unit that executes a first switching process if the controlling unit detects a rotation of the displaying unit accompanied by switching a screen from the first screen to the second screen in a mail creation mode displayed on the first screen, and executes a second switching process if the controlling unit detects a rotation of the displaying unit accompanied by switching a screen from the second screen to the first screen after executing the first switching process, the first switching process causing the controlling unit to launch a function displaying onto the second screen a plurality of selectable pictograms or decoration pictures which are candidates to be inserted into a document of mail created in the mail creation mode displayed on the first screen, the second switching process causing the controlling unit to determine a selected pictogram or decoration picture from the second screen and then causing the controlling unit to insert the selected pictogram or decoration picture into the document of mail created in the mail creation mode and then causing the controlling unit to display the mail with the inserted pictogram or decoration picture on the first screen, wherein the inserted pictogram or decoration picture configures a portion of the document of mail to provide visual pictogram or decoration picture among text message of the mail.