Patent ID: 7440003

Claim:
A folding portable information terminal including an upper unit having a display section on one surface, a lower unit having an operating section on one surface, and a movable joining member which openably and pivotally couples the upper and lower units to each other, the terminal comprising: upper unit posture detection means for detecting a pivoting movement of the upper unit; an information recording section that records voice information; information recording control means for setting said information recording section in a voice recording mode during voice communication by the terminal when said upper unit posture detection means detects a pivoting movement of the upper unit to a first pivot position, and for setting said information recording section in the voice recording mode during a terminal standby condition when said upper unit posture detection means detects a pivoting movement of the upper unit to the first pivot position, and for inputting a recording time associated with a respective recording in the voice recording mode, and for cancelling the voice recording mode when said upper unit posture detection means detects a counter pivoting movement from the first pivot position; and a click mechanism that indicates the first pivot position.