Patent ID: 8145269

Claim:
A method for displaying items on a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting whether a user-removable interface module is connected to the mobile terminal; displaying a first group of icons on a touchscreen display of the mobile terminal when it is detected that the user-removable interface module is not connected to the mobile terminal, wherein each of the first group of icons relates to a function that is associated with the mobile terminal and is controllable responsive to user input to the touchscreen display; displaying a second group of icons on the touchscreen display of the mobile terminal when it is detected that the user-removable interface module is connected to the mobile terminal, wherein each of the second group of icons relates to a function of the mobile terminal that is associated with the user-removable interface module and is controllable responsive to user input to the touchscreen display; executing at least one function corresponding to a selected at least one icon of the second group of icons, wherein the executing is responsive to the selecting of the at least one icon; and controlling the user-removable interface module to output an execution screen image related to the at least one function.