Patent ID: 7228151

Claim:
A mobile telephone comprising: a first housing with a display; a second housing with an operation section; a connecting section for connecting said first housing and second housing to each other so that they are capable of opening and closing; inner surfaces of said first and second housings being invisible from outside in a closed state of said first and second housings and visible from outside in an opened state of said first and second housings; outer surfaces said of said first and second housings being situated opposite to said inner surfaces of said first and second housings and visible from outside in any of the closed state and opened state of said first and second housings; said operation section including a ten-key pad and functional keys which are disposed on the inner surface of said second housing; a camera section disposed on the outer surface of said second housing; a changeover switch for producing signals according to opening and closing motions of said first and second housings; a camera-shutter switch disposed on an outer sidewall of said first housing or said second housing; and a mode selection switch which can select at least a camera shoot mode and that is disposed on an outer sidewall of said first housing or said second housing; wherein said display is configured to display a picture image, which is taken by said camera section, in landscape view when said first and second housings are in the closed state, and configured to display a picture image, which has been taken in the closed state by said camera section, 90 degrees rotated from said landscape view when said housings change from the closed state to the opened state, based on the signals of the changeover switch.