Patent ID: 7376447

Claim:
A portable telephone comprising: a hinge portion; a first housing and a second housing, hinged to each other via said hinge portion in an openable/closable manner; a display device and an operation unit provided at central portions of surface sides of said first housing and said second housing, respectively, and being located on inner sides thereof when said first housing and said second housing are closed; a telephone receiver and a telephone transmitter provided respectively at said surface sides of said first housing and said second housing, which the telephone receiver being located at a first distance from the hinge portion and the telephone transmitter being located at a second distance from the hinge portion; and a speaker for notifying a reception of a telephone call and for hand free telephone communication operation the speaker being directed toward said surface sides at a portion of said surface side of at least any one of said first housing and said second housing, the speaker being located a third distance from the hinge portion which is less than the first and second distances, the speaker being located on inner side of said at least any one of said first housing and said second housing when said first housing and said second housing are closed, and the speaker producing a sound when said first housing and said second housing are open.