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Lose Something?

How many times have you typed yourself a note on your mobile device and then lost it somewhere in the crazy file structure of that device? (You know that redhead's e-mail address is in there somewhere!) With the announcement earlier this week that a handful of carriers are going to band together to create their own mobile search engine, I think it's safe to say that mobile search is officially a big item. Hopping on the bandwagon is Nokia, which launched its own device-centric search application today (so now you can find that missing e-mail address).

While mobile search over the Internet is one thing, scanning your device is an entirely different prospect. Apple has Spotlight, Vista has Instant Search, and Google has, well, Google. But what about scanning the innards of your Treo 700, Motorola Q, or BlackBerry?

Those smartphone platforms were just bested by Nokia, which is now offering a Mobile Search application that can find all kinds of content stored on your device, ranging from e-mails, text messages, and calendar entries to videos and music files. Just like with desktop search applications on a PC, Nokia Mobile Search indexes the information stored on compatible Nokia devices and then lets you search to find what you want, when you want it.

Sounds like a nifty Symbian-based application. This is exactly the benefit certain S60 platforms will realize over the coming months with yesterday's announcement of the Feature Pack 2 for S60 3rd Edition and yet another missed opportunity for most U.S. smartphone users.

What I'd like to know is, if Nokia was kind enough to launch its smart2go mapping and navigation application on Windows Mobile 5.0 this week, why couldn't it have supported other platforms with the Mobile Search product as well?

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