Another example of “search becoming a modern version of the command line interface”:http://www.geekfun.com/archives/000484.html, this time on mobile phones.

ChristianLindholm.com: Qix from Zi Corporation could revolutionize search on mobile phones

bq. The SW will index the content on the phone and enable search from the idle so that the number keypad enters text mode on the second keypress and starts suggesting suitable words from the menu, phonebook or bookmarks which then can be accessed with the Select-key