Portable electronic device and method of controlling same

1. A method of character entry comprising:

detecting a spacebar adjacent input from a keyboard, the spacebar adjacent input corresponding to a key adjacent to a spacebar; and

replacing the spacebar adjacent input with a space when both:

a preceding inputted string comprising a string of inputted characters preceding the spacebar adjacent input, and corresponding to a first stored string of characters, and

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input does not correspond to a substring of a second stored string of characters.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a further input; and

replacing the spacebar adjacent input with a space when both:

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input comprise a substring of the second stored string of characters, and

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input and the further input do not comprise a substring of the second stored string of characters.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the keyboard comprises a physical keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the key adjacent to the spacebar comprises a key having a side at least partially abutting a side of the spacebar.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the keyboard comprises a three-row keyboard.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the keyboard is a virtual keyboard.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method of claim 1 .

8. An electronic device comprising:

a keyboard, the keyboard comprising a spacebar and a plurality of keys;

at least one processor coupled to the keyboard and configured to:

detect a spacebar adjacent input from the keyboard, the spacebar adjacent input corresponding to a key adjacent to the spacebar; and

replacing the spacebar adjacent input with a space when both:

a preceding inputted string comprising a string of inputted characters preceding the spacebar adjacent input, and corresponding to a first stored string of characters, and

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input does not correspond to a substring of a second stored string of characters.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to replace the spacebar adjacent input with a space when:

the preceding inputted string corresponds to the first stored object, and

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input does not correspond to a substring of the second stored object.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect a further input; and

replace the spacebar adjacent input with a space when both:

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input comprise a substring of the second stored string of characters, and

the preceding inputted string combined with the spacebar adjacent input and the further input do not comprise a substring of the second stored string of characters.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the keyboard comprises a physical keyboard.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the key adjacent to the spacebar comprises a key having a side at least partially abutting a side of the spacebar.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the keyboard comprises a three-row keyboard.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein keyboard is a virtual keyboard.

15. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a non-transitory memory, the non-transitory memory storing a set of stored strings of characters.