Folding mobile communication device having simplified call initiation operation

1. A folding mobile communication device, comprising:

a folding housing member;

storage unit, in the folding housing member enabled, to store pieces of call-destination information, each piece of call-destination information specifying a possible destination of a telephone call;

first display unit for displaying one piece of call-destination information to a user in a position exterior of the folding housing member for viewing by a user when the folding housing member is in a folded state;

a second display unit for displaying information to a user only when the folding housing member is in an operative unfolded state;

a control unit for automatically prioritizing the sequence of displaying call-destination information in accordance with predetermined parameters and providing a first display unit with the priority one-piece of call-destination information;

a switch member for detecting movement of the folding housing member from a folded state to an unfolded state; and

a call initiation unit for automatically initiating, upon receipt of a signal from the switch member, a telephone call to the destination specified by the piece of call-destination information being currently displayed on the first display unit.

2. The folding mobile communication device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the pieces of call-destination information is one of (a) a telephone number, and (b) a name of a party that corresponds to a telephone number, and

when the folding housing member is in the folded state, the first display unit, when the displayed piece of call-destination information is a name of a party, displays the telephone number corresponding to the name of the party on the first display unit and when the displayed piece of call-destination information is a telephone number number, displays the telephone number on the first display unit.

3. The folding mobile communication device of claim 2 wherein the control unit includes a telephone number obtaining unit for obtaining a telephone number which is transmitted together with an incoming-call, and storing the obtained telephone number in the storage unit.

4. The folding mobile communication device of claim 3 wherein the control unit further includes an incoming-call time corresponding unit for corresponding a time of reception of the incoming-call with the obtained telephone number,

wherein the first display unit displays the displayed call-destination information in a priority of the most recently obtained telephone number.

5. The folding mobile communication device of claim 4 wherein the control unit further includes a call amount correspondence unit for corresponding, for each destination, an amount of times that a telephone call has been initiated to the destination based on a corresponding piece of call-destination information, with the corresponding piece of call-destination information in the storage unit;

wherein the first display unit replaces so that telephone numbers are displayed with priority given in descending order of the amount of times that a telephone call has been made to the corresponding call destination.