Portable device and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a portable device and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a portable device and a control method which can control the external apparatus in the portable device comprising a touch screen. The portable device according to the present invention, the communication unit to communicate with an external device; At least one of the touch, including a UI menu, and detects the user's touch input screen and; The sensed the user of the continuous touch input is the second position of the first position and a touch end of the touch starts, depending on whether the same determination as a static touch or dynamic touch, and the determination result, if the two position same static touch, performing the operation corresponding to the at least one UI menu corresponding to the touch position, and the two is located a different dynamic touch, it is determined as a signal for controlling the external device, the control signal corresponding to the dynamic touch and a control part for controlling the communication unit to transmit to an external device. As a result, in the case of transmitting control signals from an external device according to a dynamic touch input, the user can control the external device without viewing the touch screen of the portable device, the user convenience is increased.