GB2396513A - Folding portable mobile phone - Google Patents

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GB2396513A
GB2396513A GB0404940A GB0404940A GB2396513A GB 2396513 A GB2396513 A GB 2396513A GB 0404940 A GB0404940 A GB 0404940A GB 0404940 A GB0404940 A GB 0404940A GB 2396513 A GB2396513 A GB 2396513A
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Tetsuya Kubo
Ryouichi Kaiwa
Naokazu Nagasawa
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Panasonic Holdings Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0208—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings characterized by the relative motions of the body parts
    • H04M1/0214—Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/0202—Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets
    • H04M1/0206—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
    • H04M1/0241—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
    • H04M1/0245—Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call using open/close detection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/27467—Methods of retrieving data
    • H04M1/2747—Scrolling on a display
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/56—Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
    • H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets
    • H04M1/6041—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use

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Abstract

A folding mobile phone with an internal display and an external display, and a detachable earphone microphone accessory, where the external display displays caller information, such as telephone number and/or name of caller, when an incoming call is received, and information regarding the destination party, such as telephone number and/or name of destination party, when a call is made and on an outer surface of the telephone there is an operation section for operating at least the functions of establishing and releasing a call. Preferably there is also a single button dialling key on the outer surface of the phone and an antenna retractable slantwise on the side of the phone.

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239651 3
FOLDING PORTABLE TELEPHONE APPARATUS
The present invention relates to folding portable 5 telephone apparatus whereby the user can originate, tee engaged in, and answer a call with the body folded as well as unfolded.
The conventional portable telephone apparatus as shown in Figs. 14A and 14B incorporates an operation area and a display area in compact size by folding the operation area lo comprising a ten-digit keypad 10 and the display area comprising a liquid crystal display facing each other when the useris not engagedina call, like ashellprotectingitsinner.
Such conventional portable telephone apparatus is wherein the operation area and the display area are inside the 15 main body and cannot be seen from outside when the main body is folded. Therefore, at a time of incoming call, the user cannot check caller information such as the telephone number of the caller or caller's name, and unless the main body is unfolded, the user can not know who the caller is. Recently, 20 in particular, a feature is possible whereby the user can be engaged in a call as soon as the user unfolds the main body at a time of the incoming call. Such setting may results in the user answering a call against his/her will.
It is convenient to be able to answer or originate a call 25 with the main body folded in compact size as shown in Figs.
14A and 14B, as well as with the main body unfolded as shown in Fig. 14C.
5 The present invention aims at providing folding portable telephone apparatus that eliminates the conventional disadvantage and whereby the user can answer, originate, and be engaged in a call with the main body folded as well as with the main body unfolded.
10 The first aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main body, wherein the apparatus is equipped with at least first display, a call start button, and a call release button on the outer surface of the main body and second display on the inner surface of the main 15 body, that an earphone microphone is provided on the main body in a detachable way, that the telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the first display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding 20 to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates a call by operating the call start button, talk with the distant party, and releases the call by operating the call release button. Via this configuration, the user can check the telephone number of the caller or the name of the 25 caller even when the main body is folded, then the user can
answer a call and talk with the distant party via an earphone microphone. The second aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main body, wherein the 5 apparatus is equipped with at least first display on the outer surface of the main body end second display ontheinner surface of the main body, that an earphone microphone with switch is provided on the main body in a detachable way, that the telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the 10 name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the first display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates a call by operating the switch of the earphone microphone with 15 switch, talk with the distant party vie the earphone microphone with switch, and releases the call by operating the switch of the earphone microphone with switch. Via this configuration, the user can check the telephone number of the caller or the name of the caller even when the main body is folded, then the 20 user cananswera call, talkwith the distant party, end release the call by using an earphone microphone with switch.
The third aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main body, wherein the apparatusis equipped with at least first display, a call start 25 button, a call release button, a transmitter, and a receiver
on the outer surface of the main body and second display on the inner surface of the main body, that at least the telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the first 5 display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates a call by operating the call start button, talk with the distant party via the transmitter and the receiver on the outer surface of the main 10 body, andreleasesthecallLyoperatingthecallreleasebutton.
Via this configuration, the user can cheek the telephonenumber of the caller or the name of the caller even when the main body is folded, then the user can answer a call and talk with the distant party via the transmitter and the receiver on the outer 15 surface of the main body.
The fourth aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus according to any of the first through third aspect of the invention, wherein the apparatus is equipped with an antenna retractable slantwise on the side of the main body.
20 Via this configuration, it is possible to make the main body easier to grasp without the antenna protrudingin the direction of thickness of the main body and reducing the protrusion from an antenna receiver at the foot of the antenna.
Particular embodiments in accordance with this invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying 25 drawings; in which:
Fig. 1A is a side view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
Fig. 1B is a front view of the fording portable telephone 5 apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
Fig. 2A is a side view of the folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded.
10 Fig. 2B is a front view of the fording portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded.
Fig. 3A is a side view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention 15 with the main body folded and the antenna stretched.
Fig. 3B is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body folded and the antenna stretched.
Fig. 4A is a side view of folding portable telephone 20 apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded and the antenna stretched.
Fig. 4B is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded and the antenna stretched.
25 Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a configuration of folding
portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure for folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment 5 of the invention, from the call incoming wait state to start of conversation.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure for folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention, from the call incoming wait state to start 10 of call origination.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a configuration of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the second embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 9A is a side view of folding portable telephone 15 apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
Fig. 9B is a front view of the folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
20 Fig. lOA is a side view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the main body folded and the antenna stretched.
Fig. lOB is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention 25 with the main body folded and the antenna stretched.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram of a configuration of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 12 is a flowchart of the operation in which the user 5 originates a call by using an one touch dialing according to the third embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 13A is a side view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
10 Fig. 13B is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the invention with the main body folded.
Fig. 13C is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the invention 15 with the main body unfolded.
Fig. 14A is a side view of conventional folding portable telephone apparatus with the main body folded.
Fig. 14B is a front view of conventional fording portable telephone apparatus with the main body folded.
20 Fig.14Cisa front view of conventional fording portable telephone apparatus with the main body unfolded.
Fig. 1 shows a folding portable telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. Fig. 1A is a side view of the folding portable telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention with the main body folded. Fig. 5 1B is a front view of the folding portable telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention with the main body folded. Fig. 2A is a side view of the folding portable telephone apparatus according to en embodiment oftheinvention with the main body unfolded. Fig. 2B is a front view of the 10 folding portable telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded.
Configuration of the folding portable telephone apparatus will be briefly explained with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. A first case body 1 and a second case body 2 of 15 folding portable apparatus shown in Fig. 1A are coupled via a hinge 3 so that the main body can be folded or unfolded via the hinge 3. As shown in Fig. 1B, first display 4 comprising a liquid crystal display is provided on the outer surface of the first case body 1. In the near proximity of the first 20 display 4 are provided a call start button 5, a call release button 6, and a so-called navigation key 7 having an arrow key for scrollingin four directions end a center key for selecting and determining target information.
A second display 8 is provided on the inner surface of 25 the first case body 1. An antenna 9 is provided retractable
slantwise on the side of the second case body 2. A magnet 18 is embedded in the first case body 1, and a lead switch 19 is embeddedin the second ease body2. When the main bodyis folded to bring the magnet 18 in close proximity to the lead switch 5 19, theleadswitchisturnedON. When the main bodyis unfolded to place the magnet 18 apart from the lead switch 19, the lead switch is turned OFF. This allows detection of folding/unfolding of the main body. An earphone microphone jack 37 is provided at a lower position of the side where the 10 antenna is located.
Fig. 2A shows folding portable telephone apparatus with the first case body 1 unfolded upward. Unfolding the first case body 1 causes controller mentioned later to display text and graphics information on the second display 8 on the inner IS surface of the first case body 1. With regard to the first display 4, when the body is folded, a liquid crystal backlight blinks slowly instead of displaying the text information.
On the inner surface of the second case body 2 shown in Fig. 2B are provided a key operation area composed of a 20 ten-digit keypad 10, a socalled navigation key 11 having an arrow key for scrolling in four directions and a center key for selecting and determining target information, a call start key 12a, a call release key 12b, a menu key 13, a non-voice radio communications service start key 14 for receiving the 25 non-voice radio communications service such as the i mode. A
transmitter (microphone) 15 is provided in the lower area of the second case body 2 and a receiver (speaker) 16 is provided in the upper area of the first case body 1.
Fig. 3A and Fig. 4A are side views of folding portable 5 telephone apparatus according to en embodiment oftheinvention with the antenna stretched. Fig.3B and Fig.4B are front views of the folding portable telephone apparatus with the antenna stretched. The invention supports an antenna 9 retractably from bottom to top on the side of the second case body 2 so 10 that it is possible to fold/unfold the main body irrespective of the direction of the antenna 9 and whether the antenna 9 is stretched or housed. A side groove 17 works as a non-slip when the body is grasped.
Fig. 5 is an outer view of folding portable telephone 15 apparatus according to the first embodiment of the invention while it is grasped. In Fig. 5, radio waves coming from an antenna 20 are received by the receiver (not shown) of a radio communications section 21 and received information is transferred to a controller 22. The controller 22 displays 20 the receivedinformation such as telephone numbers on the first display 4 on the outer surface of the main body or on the second display 8 on the inner surface of the main body.
The controller 22 illuminates the first display 4 or second displays using a backlight via setting. The controller 25 22 also converts received information to voice information and
outputs the voice information from a speaker 23 of the receiver.
The transmitter (microphone) 24 transfers the user's voice to the controller 22 and transmits the information to the distant party via a transmitter (not shown) of the radio communications 5 section 21 and the antenna 20.
The controller 22 stores information, such as single button dialing telephone numbers, in a memory 25 or reads necessary information therefrom. A key operation area 26 composed of a ten-digit keypad and a scroll key is adapted to 10 input signals to the controller 22 via key operation, and is adapted to store telephone number information, etc. in the memory 25 via the controller 22.
A cover opening/closing state detector 27 is composed of lead switch 19 and a magnet 18 in Fig. 1 and detects the 15 cover opening/closing state as well as transfers detected information to the controller 22. In the memory 25 are stored control programs to perform, for example, display operation of the single button dialing, edit operation of the single button dialing, answer operation, and backlight illuminating 20 operation. An earphone microphone jack 37 is adapted to connect an earphone microphone 36 having an earphone 33 and a microphone 39 at the tip to the control means 22 so that the user can talk with a distant party with the main body folded.
25 Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation in which
folding portable telephone apparatus according to the first embodiment oftheinvention starts acallfrom the callincoming wait state irrespective of whether the main body is folded or unfolded. With the folding portable telephone apparatus 5 powered on and in the call incoming wait state (step 1), when there is an incoming call (step 2), ringing starts or a call incoming indicator or a backlight on the display blinks (step 3). The controller 22 obtains folding/unfolding state 10 information from the cover opening/closing state detector 27 end determines whether the main bodyis forded or unfolded (step 4). When the main body is folded, the controller 22 displays caller information, i.e., the telephone number of the caller or caller's name on the first display 4 on the outer surface 15 of the folded main body (step 5). When the user presses the call start button 5a (step 6), the user starts conversation using the earphone microphone36 connected to the earphone jack 37 (step 7).
When the body is unfolded, caller information is 20 displayed on the second display 8 on the inner surface of the main body (step 8). When a call start key 12a is pressed (step 9), the folding portable telephone apparatus starts a call by using the receiver 23 and the transmitter 24. Thus, according to the invention, the user can start conversation when the 25 incoming call, irrespective of whether the main body is folded
is folded or unfolded.
With the main body forded, the user cannot directly enter a telephone number using the ten-digit keypad 10. As shown in the flowchart of Fig. 7, the user can register telephone 5 numbers as a telephone directory in a memory 25, and scroll through and display the telephone numbers by using the navigation key 7, then press the call start button 5a to start call origination.
Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a configuration of folding 10 portable telephone apparatus according to the second embodiment of the invention. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that an earphone microphone 36 in Fig. 5 is replaced with an earphone microphone with switch 38 having a switch 35. The remaining sections are identical.
15 In the second embodiment, the switch 35 of the earphone microphone with switch 38 serves as the call start button 5 and the call release button 6.
At a time of an incoming call in the aforementioned call incoming wait state, the user presses the call start button 20 5 to answer the call in step 6 in Fig. 6. In the second embodiment, when the main body is folded at a time of incoming call in the call incoming wait state, the user presses the switch 35 of the earphone microphone with switch 38 to answer the call. Thus the user can answer the call by pressing the 25 switch 35 of the earphone microphone with switch 38 at hand,
without pressing the call start button 5 on the main body.
Fig. 9A is a side view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the main body folded. Fig. 9B is a front view of folding 5 portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the main body folded. Fig. 10 are a side view and a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention with the antenna stretched. According to the third embodiment, a call 10 start button 5, a call release button 6, an up/down scroll key 40, a single button dialing key (T1) 41a, a single button dialing key (T2) 41b, a single button dialing key (T3) 41c, a receiver 33, and a transmitter 33 are provided on the outer surface of the first case body 1.
15 Fig. 11 is a block diagram of a configuration of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the third embodiment of the invention. In Fig. 11, the receiver 33 and the transmitter 34 are connected to the controller 22. In the memory 25 are registered in advance telephone numbers 20 corresponding to the single button dialing key (T1) 41a, the single button dialing key (T2) 41b, and the single button dialing key (T3) 41c.
Fig. 12 is a flowchart of an operation at a time of an single button dialing. In the call incoming wait state (step 25 20), when a single button dialing key is pressed (step 21),
the controller22 reads the corresponding telephone number from the memory 25 and displays the corresponding telephone number on the display 4 (step 22). When a predetermined time has elapsed with the single button dialing key held down, a 5 so-called hold-down state (step 23), call origination is made to via the radio communications section 21 and the antenna 20 (step 24). Even in case the single button dialing key is released halfway, pressing the call start button 5 (step 25) with the telephone number displayed on the displays originates 10 a call (step 26).
When the distant party answers the call, the user talks with the distant party via the receiver 33 and the transmitter 34 provided on the outer surface of the first ease body1. While providing two transmitters and two receives on single portable 15 telephone apparatus may be a duplicated design, this configuration allows a more favorable usage depending on time and place, because the user may wish to be engaged in a call with the main unit folded in compact size so that the user can carry the portable telephone apparatus anywhere.
20 Fig. 13 shows the fourth embodiment of the invention.
The fourth embodiment differs from the other embodiments in that an antenna 9 is provided on the side of the first case body 1 equipped with the first display 4 and the second display 8. Fig. i3A is a side view of folding portable telephone 25 apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the invention
with the main body folded. Fig. 13B is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the invention with the main body folded. Fig. 13C is a front view of folding portable telephone apparatus 5 according to the fourth embodiment of the invention with the main body unfolded. Same reference numerals are used for the same sections as in the first embodiment of the invention.
In the fourth embodiment of the invention, an antenna 9 is provided retractably on the side of the first case body 10 1. This configuration has an advantage that the first display 4 can be large-sized although antenna retracting operability is almost the same as in a conventional example in Fig. 14.
As mentioned earlier, the first aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main 15 body, wherein the apparatus is equipped with at least first display, a call start button, and a call release button on the outer surface of the main body and second display on the inner surface of the main body, that an earphone microphone is provided on the main body in a detachable way, that the 20 telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the first display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates 25 acallby operating the callstart button, talLwith the distant
party, and releases the call by operating the call release button. This configuration has an advantage that the user can check the telephone number of the caller or the name of the caller even when the main body is folded, then the user can 5 answer a call and talk with the distant party via an earphone microphone. The second aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main body, wherein the apparatus is equipped with at least first display on the outer lo surface of the main body end second display ontheinner surface of the main body, that an earphone microphone with switch is provided on the main body in a detachable way, that the telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the 15 first display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates a call by operating the switch of the earphone microphone with switch, talk with the distant party vie the earphone microphone 20 with switch, and releases the call by operating the switch of the earphone microphone with switch. This configuration has an advantage that the user can check the telephone number of the caller or the name of the caller even when the main body is forded, then the user can answer acali, talk with the distant 25 party, and release the call by using an earphone microphone
with switch.
The third aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus having a folding main body, wherein the apparatus is equipped with at least first display, a call start 5 button, a call release button, a transmitter, and a receiver on the outer surface of the main body and second display on the inner surface of the main body, that at least the telephone number of the caller of a terminating call or the name associated with the telephone number is displayed on the first 10 display or a destination telephone number in call origination or the name corresponding to the destination telephone number is displayed, and that the user originates a call by operating the call start button, talk with the distant party via the transmitter and the receiver on the outer surface of the main 15 body, end releases the callby operating the callrelease button.
This configuration has an advantage that the user can check the telephone number of the caller or the name of the caller even when the main body is folded, then the user can answer a call and talk with the distant party via the transmitter and 20 the receiver on the outer surface of the main body.
The fourth aspect of the invention is folding portable telephone apparatus according to any of the first through third aspect of the invention, wherein the apparatus is equipped with an antenna retractable siantwise on the side of the main body.
25 This configuration has en advantage that it is possible to make
the main body easier to grasp without the antenna protruding in the direction of thickness of the main body and reducing the protrusion from an antenna receiver at the foot of the antenna.

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1. A folding portable telephone apparatus comprising: a folding main body; 5 a first display provided on an outer surface of the main body for displaying caller information at a time of incoming call and information regarding destination party when a call in call origination; a second display provided on an inner surface of the 10 main body; an operation section provided on the outer surface of the main body for operating at least establishing and releasing a call; and an earphone microphone detachably connected to the 15 main body for talking with the distant party.
2. A folding portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the caller information includes one of a 20 telephone number of the caller and a caller's name, wherein the information regarding the destination party includes at least one of a telephone number of the destination party and a name the destination party.
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3. A folding portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1, or claim 2, further comprising a single button dialling key provided on the outer surface of the main body. 30
4. A folding portable telephone apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising an antenna retractable slantwise on the side of the main body.
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