PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide portable electronic equipment that can change over functions and can have improved usability. SOLUTION: A portable phone 1 includes an operation section side casing 2, a rotary dial section 41 rotatably mounted to the operation section side casing 2 with a prescribed rotary axis as a center, a function execution section 73 for executing a designated function in a plurality of functions based on rotary operation of the rotary dial section 41, a change instruction section 75 for instructing the function execution section 73 to interrupt or terminate a first function under execution and to execute a second function designated newly when rotary operation of the rotary dial section 41 designates the second function different from the first function in a state where the function execution section 73 is executing the first function, and a use state storage section 130 for storing information on the use state of the first function when the change instruction section 75 instructs the function execution section 73 to change a function to be executed from the first function to the second function. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT