PORTABLE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS

摘要

A portable telephone (1) has a connecting portion (2) as well as a first housing portion (3) and a second housing portion (4) which are connected by the connecting portion (2) in such a manner as to be capable of being folded. An external video camera unit (10) is inserted in a camera-unit attaching portion (6). Various video camera units having different specifications, such as a color video camera unit, a monochromatic video camera unit, a wide-angle video camera unit, and a tele video camera unit, can be attached to or detached from the camera-unit attaching portion (6). The portable information communication terminal (1) is capable of identifying the specifications of the attached video camera unit and of switching over its internal operation in accordance with the specifications.