Method and handheld electronic device including first input component and second touch sensitive input component

A method of outputting a selection of an input member of a handheld electronic device, said method comprising:

• employing a housing including a surface;
• disposing a plurality of input members of an input component external to the surface of said housing;
• disposing a touch sensitive input component, which is separate and distinct from said input members and said input component, about the input members of said input component;
• providing from said touch sensitive input component a contact point with respect to the surface of said housing responsive to actuation of a number of said input members;
• and
• determining if a plurality of said input members are actuated contemporaneously and responsively outputting a representation of a single one of said input members based upon said contact point;
• wherein said processor comprises a memory including a table having, for each of said input members, a representation of a corresponding one of said input members, at least one character associated with the corresponding one of said input members, a first coordinate of the corresponding one of said input members with respect to the surface of said housing, and a second coordinate of the corresponding one of said input members with respect to the surface of said housing;
• wherein said touch sensitive input component is further structured to provide said contact point by sensing a third coordinate and a fourth coordinate corresponding to said contact point with respect to the surface of said housing;
• and
• wherein, when the third coordinate is within a first predetermined value of the first coordinate of an input member and when the fourth coordinate is within a second predetermined value of the second coordinate of the input member, the processor determines the first and second coordinates of the input member as a closest pair of first and second coordinates to the third and fourth coordinates.