A terminal comprising: a touch screen with a display part and a user interface, and a control part configured to display a plurality of items on the display part and further configured to display a pointer on the display part, when a pointer activating mode for displaying the pointer is selected by a user, wherein the user interface is configured to provide an input signal to the control part when the user selects an item (320, 330) from the plurality of items displayed on the display part by means of the pointer, wherein the control part is operated based on the item (320, 330) pointed by the pointer (310, 700) if the control part receives the input signal provided by the user interface, and wherein the pointer includes an arrow indicating a predetermined direction for pointing to the item (320, 330) and a touch part for being touched by a finger of the user; wherein the control part is further configured: to detect a touch input by the finger of the user on the touch screen and to display the pointer at a position of the touch input; to detect removal of the touch input by the user taking the finger off the touch screen; to determine whether the user drags the pointer before the removal of the touch input; upon detection of the removal of the touch input without dragging, to select the item according to the position of the touch input, to erase the pointer and to perform an operation according to the selected item, and upon determination that the user drags the pointer, to change the direction indicated by the arrow of the pointer according to an area of the display part at which the pointer is positioned when the user drags the pointer, and further, upon detection of the removal of the touch input after dragging, to select the item according to the position of the dragged pointer, to erase the pointer, and to perform the operation according to the selected item. a touch screen with a display part and a user interface, and a control part configured to display a plurality of items on the display part and further configured to display a pointer on the display part, when a pointer activating mode for displaying the pointer is selected by a user, wherein the user interface is configured to provide an input signal to the control part when the user selects an item (320, 330) from the plurality of items displayed on the display part by means of the pointer, wherein the control part is operated based on the item (320, 330) pointed by the pointer (310, 700) if the control part receives the input signal provided by the user interface, and wherein the pointer includes an arrow indicating a predetermined direction for pointing to the item (320, 330) and a touch part for being touched by a finger of the user; wherein the control part is further configured: to detect a touch input by the finger of the user on the touch screen and to display the pointer at a position of the touch input; to detect removal of the touch input by the user taking the finger off the touch screen; to determine whether the user drags the pointer before the removal of the touch input; upon detection of the removal of the touch input without dragging, to select the item according to the position of the touch input, to erase the pointer and to perform an operation according to the selected item, and upon determination that the user drags the pointer, to change the direction indicated by the arrow of the pointer according to an area of the display part at which the pointer is positioned when the user drags the pointer, and further, upon detection of the removal of the touch input after dragging, to select the item according to the position of the dragged pointer, to erase the pointer, and to perform the operation according to the selected item. to detect a touch input by the finger of the user on the touch screen and to display the pointer at a position of the touch input; to detect removal of the touch input by the user taking the finger off the touch screen; to determine whether the user drags the pointer before the removal of the touch input; upon detection of the removal of the touch input without dragging, to select the item according to the position of the touch input, to erase the pointer and to perform an operation according to the selected item, and upon determination that the user drags the pointer, to change the direction indicated by the arrow of the pointer according to an area of the display part at which the pointer is positioned when the user drags the pointer, and further, upon detection of the removal of the touch input after dragging, to select the item according to the position of the dragged pointer, to erase the pointer, and to perform the operation according to the selected item.