Electronic apparatus and method for executing application thereof

An electronic device comprising:

• a touch screen;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• in response to receiving a first user input on the touch screen, control to the touch screen to display a keyboard interface on the touch screen including a virtual input keypad and a menu on the touch screen, the menu including an image recognition menu,
• control to the touch screen to display the image recognition menu on the keyboard interface,
• receive a second user input for selecting an image when the image recognition menu is selected,
• recognize characters on the selected image,
• control to the touch screen to display a notification on the touch screen while the characters is recognizing, and
• control to the touch screen to display the recognized characters on an output area.

A method of executing applications in an electronic device, the method comprising:

• in response to receiving a first user input on a touch screen, displaying a keyboard interface including a virtual input keypad and a menu on the touch screen, the menu includes icons related to at least one application by a user setting;
• receiving a second user input for selecting one of the icons;
• and
• executing at least one application corresponding to the selected icon in response to the second user input,
• wherein the at least one application includes at least one of search application, internet browser, app market application or camera application, and
• wherein the virtual input keypad includes a plurality of text types and a key for switching between the text types.

An electronic device comprising:

• a touch screen;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• in response to receiving a first user input on the touch screen, control the touch screen to display a keyboard interface including a virtual input keypad and a menu on the touch screen, the menu including icons related to at least one application by a user setting,
• receive a second user input for selecting one of the icons;
• and
• execute at least one application corresponding to the selected icon in response to the second user input,
• wherein the at least one application includes at least one of search application, internet browser, app market application or camera application, and
• wherein the virtual input keypad includes a plurality of text types and a key for switching between the text types.