Text input method in portable device and portable device supporting the same

A portable device comprising:

• a touch screen including a display unit for displaying a text input area and a text display area including at least one consonant and vowel, and a touch panel provided at an upper side of the display unit for generating a touch event;
• and
• a control unit for controlling text displayed according to a touch event generated from the touch screen,
• wherein the control unit detects one or more multi-touch events for at least two key icons output on the text input area, and controls the display of at least one specific text composed of a combination of the multi-touched key icons based on the detected multi-touch events,
• wherein a multi-touch event of the one or more multi-touch events comprises touching one of the at least two key icons while maintaining a touch to another of the at least two key icons,
• wherein each of the at least two key icons is selected from a predetermined set of key icons comprising at least one vowel key icon, at least one consonant key icon, and at least one key icon for inputting a double consonant, and
• wherein the displayed at least one specific text is not input while the one or more multi-touch events are maintained.