COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

In a communication system (Sy), mail information is transmitted from a portable terminal device (20) to an image forming apparatus (10) through short distance communication. In the image forming apparatus (10), the mail information is received at a first near field radio communication section (16) and stored into a first storage section (19), a destination address, a title, and a text are displayed on a screen of a first display section (12) based on the mail information, an e-mail is created by use of the destination address, the title, and the text on the screen selected through operation of a first operation section (14), image data is transmitted from a first network communication section (15) with the created e-mail, and then the mail information is erased from the first storage section (19).