Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Mihoko Hotta

Takayuki Miyazawa

Norio Okada

Takahiro Iijima

Herein disclosed is a mobile communication apparatus, comprising: a body provided with a liquid crystal screen () having image data or character data displayed thereon, and an operating unit () for selectively performing operations, the body being divided into first and second housings (and) along a lateral direction perpendicular to a rotation axis; rotating means () for connecting the liquid crystal screen () with the operating unit () with the liquid crystal screen () with the operating unit () being rotatable with respect to each other around the rotation axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the liquid crystal screen () with the operating unit (); a system control unit () for selectively setting predetermined operation modes in response to the rotation positions of the liquid crystal screen () with the operating unit () assumed when the liquid crystal screen () with the operating unit () are rotated with respect to each other through the rotating means ().

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Kawasaki, Japan

Mihoko Hotta