or include units that provide for a wireless internet module such as wireless lan wlan wi fi wibro and wimax or other types of communication modules the display unit 130 displays information inputted by a user or information to be displayed to a user including various menus of a portable terminal 100 for example the display unit 130 can provide various screens according to the use of the portable terminal 100 such as an idle screen a message writing screen a calling screen etc particularly the display unit 130 according to the present invention can display an indicator that informs the user of the reception of general information of a preferred content upon receipt of the general information or at preset intervals e g once hour further the display unit 130 can display a preferred content using image information included in general information of the preferred content which is received through the wireless communication unit 150 for example if any one of the displayed images when multiple preferred content are available to the user is selected the display unit 130 can output a menu pop up window the menu pop up window may include a purchasing menu for the purchasing of content corresponding to the selected image a deleting menu a detailed information viewing menu and a review viewing menu such a display unit 130 may be formed as a liquid crystal display lcd an organic light emitted diode oled an active matrix organic light emitted diode amoled etc in case the display unit 130 is in the form of a touch screen the display unit 130 can be operated as an input unit not shown alternatively a keyboard unit not shown may be used.