METHOD OF DISPLAYING AND TRANSMITTING THUMBNAIL IMAGE DATA IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL

An apparatus and method are provided for displaying data in a wireless terminal. The method includes receiving, at the wireless terminal, a message including image data, from another wireless terminal; informing a user of the wireless terminal that the message is received; detecting a first selection of the message; upon detecting the first selection of the message, identifying a type of the image data included in the message; displaying a thumbnail image of still image data, if the identified type of the image data included in the message is the still image data; displaying a thumbnail image of dynamic image data, if the identified type of the image data included in the message is the dynamic image data; detecting a second selection of the thumbnail image of the still image data or the dynamic image data; and displaying the image data of the message, in response to the second selection.