One of the most radical features in Apple's computer operating systems is a search tool called Spotlight. It makes an extensive index of the contents of your internal and connected hard drives and produces speedy and comprehensive search results when you type a term into the box that drops down from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
The results include not only files, based on their file name, but also photos, documents and spreadsheets (based on their contents as well as their name), entries in your address book, definitions from the system dictionary and even applications, allowing you to launch an application with a few taps on the keyboard.
Now, with the iPhone's operating system being based on the same code as the full-size Mac OS X, Spotlight has appeared on the iPhone.
It is hidden to the left of the first menu screen, and accessed by sweeping the screen to the right. This reveals a very simple interface: just an input box and the system keyboard.
To use Spotlight, type your query into the box and tap Search. The iPhone will then populate a live list of results that will grow the longer you leave it running. If it doesn't include the results you want right away, just leave it running for longer and they will probably appear.
The results cover all of the native applications on the phone, and are split up according to application for ease of use. Tapping on any result will take you to its entry in the relevant application.
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