Electronic apparatus including vibrating section which vibrates depending on reproduction position

1. An electronic device comprising:

a reproduction section for reproducing a content item;

a panel member to be touched by a user for changing a reproduction position of the content item; and

a vibrating section for vibrating the panel member,

wherein the vibrating section varies the vibration of the panel member depending on whether or not the reproduction position which has been changed through a touch operation by the user on the panel member is a specified reproduction position, and

wherein when the reproduction section changes the reproduction position of the content item by the touch operation by the user accepted by the panel member, the vibrating section vibrates the panel member if a reproduction position corresponding to a position on the panel member indicated by the touch operation by the user is a specified reproduction position.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display section for displaying a current reproduction position of the content item reproduced by the reproduction section.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the panel member is a member provided on a display surface side of the display section for accepting a touch operation by the user.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified reproduction position is set by the user.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified reproduction position is a position corresponding to a reproduction position that is registered as a favorite by the user in advance.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified reproduction position is set based on data in the content item.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified reproduction position is set based on the number of comments which have been written by viewers on the content item.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the specified reproduction position is a position corresponding to a period in which the number of comments per unit time is greater than or equal to a predetermined number.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein where there are a plurality of periods in which the number of comments is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, the vibrating section vibrates the panel member more strongly in one of the plurality of periods in which the number of comments is larger than in another one of the plurality of periods in which the number of comments is smaller.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified reproduction position is set based on a volume of a sound included in the content item.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the specified reproduction position is a position corresponding to a reproduction position at which a sound volume is greater than or equal to a predetermined sound volume.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the vibrating section vibrates the panel member more strongly at a reproduction position at which the sound is louder than at a reproduction position at which the sound is less loud.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the content item includes at least one of a movie, a still image, a sound and text.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing an electronic device to perform a vibration operation, the program causing the electronic device to perform the steps of:

reproducing a content item;

detecting an operation in which a user touches a panel member for changing a reproduction position of the content item; and

varying a vibration based on whether or not a reproduction position which has been changed through a touch operation by the user on the panel member is a specified reproduction position,

wherein when the reproduction position of the content item is changed by the touch operation by the user accepted by the panel member, vibrating the panel member if a reproduction position corresponding to a position on the panel member indicated by the touch operation by the user is a specified reproduction position.