An upper case and a lower case are rotatably connected in a connection part. The connection part is constructed by a rotary shaft supporting part integrated in the lower case, a rotary shaft which is integrated in the upper case and a part of which is rotatably fit into the rotary shaft supporting part, and a housing member having a part rotatably fit into the rotary shaft supporting part. A video camera and a camera lens are housed in the housing member. A display/operation part is provided almost in the whole upper case and a display/operation part is provided almost in the whole lower case. In the display/operation parts and, in addition to camera images of the video camera, a reception image, and various data, touch-type operation buttons are displayed. The display/operation parts and have the functions as the operation part as well as the display part. "Recording" mode, "transmission/reception" mode, and "information acquisition" mode can be selectively set and the device can be used according to the mode.