A display apparatus for a mobile terminal including: an input unit for receiving a user's instruction; a controller for simultaneously executing two or more tasks and transferring the received instruction to at least one display unit; a first display unit for performing displaying according to the received instruction; and a second display unit placed at a position where a user can view it together with the first display unit. The mobile terminal can simultaneously process a plurality of tasks through a plurality of display units to allow the user to perform multitasking substantially.