1. A method of inputting a series of characters into an electronic device comprising a display, the method comprising: detecting a first input associated with a first one of a plurality of discrete areas of the display for entering characters on the display, wherein the first input comprises an initiation stage and a composition stage, the composition stage comprising a plurality of drag actions; associating one of the plurality of discrete areas with the first input from the position of the initiation stage of the first input and continuing the association when the composition stage of the first input extends outside of the discrete area in which the initiation stage occurred so long as each of the plurality of drag actions is initiated within the discrete area; and recognizing the first input in the first one of the plurality of discrete areas as a first character input while a second one of the plurality of discrete areas is operable to detect a second input for recognition as a second character input, the recognition of the second character input occurring separately to the recognition of the first character input.