A method for scrolling a display, said method comprising: detecting contact relative to a touch pad comprising a plurality of regions which individually correspond to at least one of a plurality of different scrolling directions; determining in which region of said plurality of regions said contact is detected in said detecting operation, wherein if said contact is maintained for a first threshold time period, said method further comprises: scrolling the display in a direction corresponding to said region determined in said determining operation, wherein said plurality of regions comprise a plurality of touch pad strips which are each positioned such that two of the plurality of touch pad strips (A, B) are respectively situated proximate to each side of the display in a vertical manner and one of the plurality of touch pad strips is situated proximate to a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner, and wherein: lower ends of the two touch pad strips respectively situated at sides of the display in a vertical manner and both ends of the touch pad strip situated at a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner are connected to each other, and a region (D, E) where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other causes both vertical and horizontal scrolling, wherein the scrolling operation provides the vertical and horizontal scrolling based on the contact detected in the region where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other. detecting contact relative to a touch pad comprising a plurality of regions which individually correspond to at least one of a plurality of different scrolling directions; determining in which region of said plurality of regions said contact is detected in said detecting operation, wherein if said contact is maintained for a first threshold time period, said method further comprises: scrolling the display in a direction corresponding to said region determined in said determining operation, wherein said plurality of regions comprise a plurality of touch pad strips which are each positioned such that two of the plurality of touch pad strips (A, B) are respectively situated proximate to each side of the display in a vertical manner and one of the plurality of touch pad strips is situated proximate to a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner, and wherein: lower ends of the two touch pad strips respectively situated at sides of the display in a vertical manner and both ends of the touch pad strip situated at a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner are connected to each other, and a region (D, E) where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other causes both vertical and horizontal scrolling, wherein the scrolling operation provides the vertical and horizontal scrolling based on the contact detected in the region where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other. scrolling the display in a direction corresponding to said region determined in said determining operation, wherein said plurality of regions comprise a plurality of touch pad strips which are each positioned such that two of the plurality of touch pad strips (A, B) are respectively situated proximate to each side of the display in a vertical manner and one of the plurality of touch pad strips is situated proximate to a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner, and wherein: lower ends of the two touch pad strips respectively situated at sides of the display in a vertical manner and both ends of the touch pad strip situated at a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner are connected to each other, and a region (D, E) where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other causes both vertical and horizontal scrolling, wherein the scrolling operation provides the vertical and horizontal scrolling based on the contact detected in the region where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other. lower ends of the two touch pad strips respectively situated at sides of the display in a vertical manner and both ends of the touch pad strip situated at a bottom edge of the display in a horizontal manner are connected to each other, and a region (D, E) where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other causes both vertical and horizontal scrolling, wherein the scrolling operation provides the vertical and horizontal scrolling based on the contact detected in the region where the two touch pad strips situated in a vertical manner and the touch pad strip situated in a horizontal manner are connected to each other.