摘要 |
<p>A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a touch-based key input method for the same are disclosed. The touch-based key input method includes steps of checking an input scheme supported by a selected application, reading a stored key information set when the supported input scheme is a keypad-based one, mapping key information to one or more areas of the touch screen using the read key information set, detecting a touch on one of the areas during execution of the selected application, determining a key mapped to the touched area, and performing an operation corresponding to the determined key.</p> |