Mobile terminal and event processing method

摘要

Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processingmethod. The mobile terminal includes: a placement attitude detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify a placement attitude of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified placement attitude. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing placement attitudes thereof.