A mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal; a display unit; and a controller configured, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit: to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indicator indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator by using the application update data if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit; characterized in that: the wireless communication unit further comprises at least one of: a wireless Internet module; and a short-range communication module, wherein the controller is configured: to determine whether wireless Internet or short-range communication is available and if the wireless Internet or the short-range communication is available, to use one of the wireless Internet module or the short-range communication module instead of the text message for an information update of the specific application, and to send a text message to a service server in order to notify that the text message based application update need not be transmitted. a wireless communication unit configured to externally exchange a wireless signal; a display unit; and a controller configured, when a text message is received from a text message server via the wireless communication unit: to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indicator indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator by using the application update data if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit; to determine whether application update data for updating information of a specific application is included in the received text message and whether an indicator indicating a type of the specific application is included in the received text message, to update the information of the specific application indicated by the indicator by using the application update data if the indicator is included in the received text message, and to control the updated information to be displayed on the display unit; the wireless communication unit further comprises at least one of: a wireless Internet module; and a short-range communication module, a wireless Internet module; and a short-range communication module, wherein the controller is configured: to determine whether wireless Internet or short-range communication is available and if the wireless Internet or the short-range communication is available, to use one of the wireless Internet module or the short-range communication module instead of the text message for an information update of the specific application, and to send a text message to a service server in order to notify that the text message based application update need not be transmitted. to determine whether wireless Internet or short-range communication is available and if the wireless Internet or the short-range communication is available, to use one of the wireless Internet module or the short-range communication module instead of the text message for an information update of the specific application, and to send a text message to a service server in order to notify that the text message based application update need not be transmitted.