APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TURNING E-BOOK PAGES IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

摘要

An apparatus and method turning pages of an electronic-book (e-book) in a portable terminal including an e-book function. The method includes displaying a first side of the e-book when a first touch is input in a first User Interface (UI) active area of a display of the portable terminal, displaying one of an immediately next page and a next page corresponding to an increased page number in response to a second touch being input in a second UI active area of the display and in response to a drag and release of the second touch while the first touch is maintained in the first UI active area, and cancelling the displaying of the one of the immediately next page and the next page corresponding to the increased page number in response to a drag and release of the first touch being input towards the second UI active area.