Mobile terminal and method of controlling operation of the same

A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a user input having at least one of keypad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, a jog switch, or a finger mouse, an audio output module to output sound, a vibration unit configure to generate at least one type of vibration;

• a touch screen configured to display information or configured to receive information, and a controller to control at least one operation of the user input, the audio output module or the touch screen, comprising:
• displaying on the touch screen a list of items, the items being arranged together based on an alphabetical order, with a scroll area for searching the items and a search icon indicating the search window, the search icon being under an indicator icons, and
• displaying an identifying character to identify a current scrolling position according to touching the scroll area,
• wherein the identifying character disappears on the touch screen when touching or dragging the scroll area is finished,
• wherein the identifying character is represented by a first letter in the name of an item corresponding to the current scrolling position,
• wherein the first letter is overlapped with the list,
• wherein the scroll area is an area in which a touch input or a dragging input is received to scroll the list of items by the touch input or the dragging input, the method further comprising highlighting at least one part of the touched area of the scroll area when the scroll area is touched and scrolling the list of items when the scroll area is dragged by the dragging input.

A method of controlling a mobile terminal having a user input having at least one of keypad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, a jog switch, or a finger mouse, an audio output module to output sound, a vibration unit configure to generate at least one type of vibration;

• a touch screen configured to display information or configured to receive information, and a controller to control at least one operation of the user input, the audio output module or the touch screen, comprising:
• displaying on the touch screen a list of items, the items being arranged together based on an alphabetical order, with a scroll area for searching the items and a search icon indicating the search window, the search icon being under an indicator icons, and
• displaying an identifying character to identify a current scrolling position according to touching the scroll area,
• wherein the identifying character disappears on the touch screen when touching or dragging the scroll area is finished,
• wherein the identifying character is represented by a first letter in the name of an item corresponding to the current scrolling position,
• wherein the first letter is overlapped with the list, and wherein the list of items is scrolled using the scroll area and as a speed of scrolling through the list of items changes, a pattern or type of the vibration changes to correspond to the speed.

A mobile terminal, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to at least one of transmit or receive signals, the signals being one of broadcast signals, mobile communication signals, wireless internet signals, short range communication signals or GPS signals;
• a camera configured to capture at least one of a still image or a moving image;
• a microphone configured to receive external audio;
• a user input having at least one of keypad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, a jog switch, or a finger mouse;
• an audio output module to output sound;
• a vibration unit configure to generate at least one type of vibration;
• a touch screen configured to display information or configured to receive information;
• and
• a controller to control at least one operation of the communication unit, the camera, the microphone, the user input, the audio output module or the touch screen,
• wherein, based on an operation mode of the mobile terminal, the controller controls the touch screen to display at least one of a list of items, the items being arranged together based on an alphabetical order, and
• when at least one of the list of items is displayed, the controller is configured to control display a speech balloon corresponding to a position of a scroll area, and
• wherein the items are arranged in groups,
• wherein the speech balloon includes information to identify one of the groups, said one of the groups corresponding to a current scrolling position of the scroll area,
• wherein the controller is configured to control a speech balloon when the scroll area is touched, and wherein the speech balloon overlaps the list of items, and wherein:
• the scroll area is an area in which a touch input or a dragging input is received to scroll the list of items by the touch input or the dragging input,
• when the scroll area is touched by the touch input, at least one part of the touched area of the scroll area is highlighted, and
• when the scroll area is dragged by the dragging input, the list of items is scrolled.