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How can I search through all my information?

16 February 2006 · by Steve Litchfield
Applications, Miscellaneous Series 60, Series 80, S60 3rd Edition
Q. I've got quite a bit of information tucked away in my PIM apps, plus other office documents and general files on my Nokia smartphone. But how can I perform a global search for a piece of text? On my old Palm OS handheld, this was possible, is there not an equivalent in Symbian OS?
A. There's no technical reason why Symbian (or Nokia) couldn't have provided such a feature, but they haven't done so yet. In the meantime, try a new third party utility, Mobile Search, which performs much the same task. It's a little slower than the built-in search in Palm OS, but it's improving fast and peforms a unique function.