Abstract: Apparatus, such as personal digital assistants, mobile phones or mobile computers, is described having a touch sensitive display and circuitry responsive to the display to move a cursor according to movement of a finger thereon and effect input operations according to the position of a cursor in relation to a displayed image, the position of the cursor on the displayed image being displaced by a short distance from the point of contact of the finger with the display so that the position of the cursor when an input operation is effected is visible to the user. The input operations comprise at least a first finger tap serving to define the position of the cursor and a second finger tap serving to confirm the position of the cursor as the point of effect desired by the user.