A mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a display unit configured to display a home screen and an icon (610, 620) corresponding to an application on the home screen; and a controller configured to: detect an event that has occurred with respect to the application, display a first graphic object (615, 625) on the home screen along with the icon (610, 620) in response to the event, wherein the first graphic icon (615, 625) indicates first information about the event, and display a second graphic object (618, 628) on the icon (610, 620) when the first graphic object (615, 625) is displayed, wherein the second graphic object (618, 628) includes second information about the event, and characterized in that the controller is further configured to: when a touch input is applied to the icon (610, 620), execute the application corresponding to the icon (610, 620) and change the home screen into a screen including the second information of the event, and when the touch input applied to the icon (610, 620) is dragged, display a popup window on the home screen, wherein the popup window includes a list including detailed information related to the second information and execution icons (635a, 635b) for executing a call relating operation related to the detailed information of the list, when a touch input is applied to one of the execution icons (635a, 635b) of the popup window, perform the call relating operation associated with detailed information corresponding to the touched execution icon. a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; a display unit configured to display a home screen and an icon (610, 620) corresponding to an application on the home screen; and a controller configured to: detect an event that has occurred with respect to the application, display a first graphic object (615, 625) on the home screen along with the icon (610, 620) in response to the event, wherein the first graphic icon (615, 625) indicates first information about the event, and display a second graphic object (618, 628) on the icon (610, 620) when the first graphic object (615, 625) is displayed, wherein the second graphic object (618, 628) includes second information about the event, and detect an event that has occurred with respect to the application, display a first graphic object (615, 625) on the home screen along with the icon (610, 620) in response to the event, wherein the first graphic icon (615, 625) indicates first information about the event, and display a second graphic object (618, 628) on the icon (610, 620) when the first graphic object (615, 625) is displayed, wherein the second graphic object (618, 628) includes second information about the event, and characterized in that the controller is further configured to: when a touch input is applied to the icon (610, 620), execute the application corresponding to the icon (610, 620) and change the home screen into a screen including the second information of the event, and when the touch input applied to the icon (610, 620) is dragged, display a popup window on the home screen, wherein the popup window includes a list including detailed information related to the second information and execution icons (635a, 635b) for executing a call relating operation related to the detailed information of the list, when a touch input is applied to the icon (610, 620), execute the application corresponding to the icon (610, 620) and change the home screen into a screen including the second information of the event, and when the touch input applied to the icon (610, 620) is dragged, display a popup window on the home screen, wherein the popup window includes a list including detailed information related to the second information and execution icons (635a, 635b) for executing a call relating operation related to the detailed information of the list, when a touch input is applied to one of the execution icons (635a, 635b) of the popup window, perform the call relating operation associated with detailed information corresponding to the touched execution icon.