Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

• displaying an email list through a display unit having a screen;
• in response to receiving a drag input in a prescribed direction:
• control the display unit to remove at least one portion of the email list from the screen by moving the email list;
• partitioning at least one portion of the screen into a plurality of regions having different update references assigned thereto;
• and
• control the display unit to display a message indicating an update reference that corresponds to a current location of a pointer for currently applying the drag input, and the message to be displayed at a new region that appears at the removed at least one portion of the email list when the at least one portion of the email list is removed;
• and
• in response to an end of the drag input, updating the email list based on the update reference assigned to a prescribed one of the regions corresponding to a position of the pointer for the end of the drag input and display the updated email list on the screen.

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a wireless communication unit configured to receive emails;
• a display unit configured to display a list of the emails on a screen;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• in response to receiving a drag input in a prescribed direction:
• control the display unit to remove at least one portion of the email list from the screen by moving the email list;
• partition a portion of the screen into a plurality of regions having different update references assigned thereto;
• and
• control the display unit to display a message indicating an update reference that corresponds to a current location of a pointer for currently applying the drag input, and the message to be displayed at a new region that appears at the removed at least one portion of the email list when the at least one portion of the email list is removed;
• and
• in response to an end of the drag input, update the email list based on the update reference assigned to a prescribed one of the regions corresponding to a position of the pointer for the end of the drag input and display the updated email list on the screen.