Patent ID: 8140125

Claim:
A mobile communication terminal including: a display casing having a display screen; an operation casing having two or more operation keys; and a connecting part adapted to connect said display casing and said operation casing and rotatably hold said display casing with respect to said operation casing such that said display screen can undergo a transition between a vertically long state and a horizontally long state, the mobile communication terminal comprising: a connecting state detecting part adapted to detect a state of connection by said connecting part and determine whether said display screen is in the vertically long state or the horizontally long state; a display object storage part adapted to store pictograms and icons to be displayed depending on an operating state; and a display controlling part adapted to display said pictograms and said icons on said display screen, wherein, on a basis of a result of the determination by said connecting state detecting part, said display controlling part displays, in the case where said display screen is in the vertically long state, two or more of said pictograms in a first object display area provided in an upper end portion of the display screen, and two or more of said icons in a second object display area provided in an lower end portion of the display screen, and in the case where said display screen is in the horizontally long state, said pictograms and said icons in a third object display area provided in any of an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the display screen, and said icons indicate function assignments respectively assigned to said operation keys that are different each other, and said display controlling part sections said third object display area into first and second divided areas, and displays said pictograms in said first divided area including a continuous area and said icons in said second divided areas separated left and right so as to sandwich said first divided area.