Handheld Electronic Device With Text Disambiguation

A method of enabling input into a handheld electronic device that comprises an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having stored therein a plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects, the input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members, at least some of the input members each having a plurality of characters assigned thereto, the method comprising:

• detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of actuations of the input members;
• determining that one of the actuations is an actuation of an input member having assigned thereto a symbol from among a number of predetermined symbols;
• employing the one of the actuations as a delimiter input to delimit the actuations that precede the one of the actuations;
• and
• seeking a language object that corresponds with the delimited actuations that precede the one of the actuations.

A handheld electronic device comprising:

• a processor unit comprising a processor, an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having stored therein a plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects;
• the input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members, at least some of the input members each having a plurality of characters assigned thereto;
• the memory further having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the handheld electronic device to perform operations comprising:
• detecting an ambiguous input comprising a number of actuations of the input members;
• determining that one of the actuations is an actuation of an input member having assigned thereto a symbol from among a number of predetermined symbols;
• employing the one of the actuations as a delimiter input to delimit the actuations that precede the one of the actuations;
• and
• seeking a language object that corresponds with the delimited actuations that precede the one of the actuations.