Abstract: A terminal device provided with an acquisition section for acquiring information on a network, a display section for displaying the information, and a control section for controlling to stop or suppress operation of a hardware section excluding at least the acquisition section. The operation of the hardware section can be stopped or suppressed while information is being acquired from the network, whereby power consumption can be suppressed by the amount of the operation stop or the operation suppression, and the battery life can be extended. Accordingly, an appropriate and suitable transition to a power-saving state can be made in accordance with a usage situation regardless of power-saving transition time, whereby unnecessary power consumption can be suppressed.

Abstract: A terminal device provided with an acquisition section for acquiring information on a network, a display section for displaying the information, and a control section for controlling to stop or suppress operation of a hardware section excluding at least the acquisition section. The operation of the hardware section can be stopped or suppressed while information is being acquired from the network, whereby power consumption can be suppressed by the amount of the operation stop or the operation suppression, and the battery life can be extended. Accordingly, an appropriate and suitable transition to a power-saving state can be made in accordance with a usage situation regardless of power-saving transition time, whereby unnecessary power consumption can be suppressed.

Abstract: A terminal includes a display unit and a character conversion unit that recognizes a function related to entered characters in a character acceptable state, converts the entered characters to a symbol to be displayed on the display unit for starting the recognized function, and outputs the symbol. The terminal further includes a control unit that starts the function corresponding to the symbol displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: To facilitate an operation to display desired data among a set of similar data using a touch panel, a data processing terminal displays first group information being part of a plurality of group information and first data relevant to the first group information in association with each other as selectable areas on an input/output means, upon accepting a selection of the first group information from the user, displays, on the input/output means, a group selection area for selecting any of the plurality of group information including second group information not being displayed on the input/output means, upon accepting a selection of the second group information from the user through the group selection area, acquires second data relevant to the selected second group information from the storage means, and displays the second group information and the second data in association with each other as the selectable areas on the input/output means.

Abstract: An electronic portable device includes two housings 10 and 20 and a connecting mechanism which connects housings 10 and 20 so as to allow housings 10 and 20 to be shifted from one state to another state by a rotating operation, wherein the connecting mechanism has first guide groove 31 and second guide groove 32 formed in housing 10, third guide groove 33 and fourth guide groove 34 formed in housing 20, first shaft pin 41 penetrating guide grooves 31 and 33, and second shaft pin 42 penetrating guide grooves 32 and 34, wherein the guide grooves 31 to 34 form a circular arc, the guide grooves 31 and 32 are line-symmetric with respect to the center line of first housing 10 in the closed state; the guide grooves 33 and 34 are line-symmetric with respect to the center line of first housing 10 in the first open state.

Abstract: Provided is an operation key in which power of a finger is efficiently transmitted and a terminal device equipped with the operation key. The operation key is equipped with a first surface which protrudes upwards in an entire region and has an upper side which is smoothly curved part having a maximum point between both corners and a second surface which overlays the curved part and the opposing side of the first surface, protrudes upwards in the entire region in a direction of the opposing side, has the maximum point between the both corners, and is a curved surface which is descended in a direction crossing at right angles with the opposing side, wherein a length of a line from the maximum point of the first surface to a bottom side of the first surface perpendicularly to the bottom side along the first surface is shorter than a length of a line from the maximum point to a side which is opposing the first surface perpendicularly to the opposing side along the second surface.

Abstract: The communication terminal according to the present invention includes, an electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail, a specific information inclusion judging means for judging whether a received electronic mail which the electronic mail receiving means receives includes predetermined specific information, a telephone directory data existence checking means for checking whether telephone directory data exists in the received electronic mail, and a telephone directory registering means for registering the telephone directory data in the case that each of judgment results of the specific information inclusion judging means and the telephone directory data existence checking means is affirmative.

Abstract: A terminal includes a display unit and a character conversion unit that recognizes a function related to entered characters in a character acceptable state, converts the entered characters to a symbol to be displayed on the display unit for starting the recognized function, and outputs the symbol. The terminal further includes a control unit that starts the function corresponding to the symbol displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: An electronic portable device includes two housings 10 and 20 and a connecting mechanism which connects housings 10 and 20 so as to allow housings 10 and 20 to be shifted from one state to another state by a rotating operation, wherein the connecting mechanism has first guide groove 31 and second guide groove 32 formed in housing 10, third guide groove 33 and fourth guide groove 34 formed in housing 20, first shaft pin 41 penetrating guide grooves 31 and 33, and second shaft pin 42 penetrating guide grooves 32 and 34, wherein the guide grooves 31 to 34 form a circular arc, the guide grooves 31 and 32 are line-symmetric with respect to the center line of first housing 10 in the closed state; the guide grooves 33 and 34 are line-symmetric with respect to the center line of first housing 10 in the first open state.