1. A portable, handheld electronic device comprising: a device for importing a vehicle identification number (VIN) or a code containing said VIN as an image thereof, the device comprising at least one of a scanner, a reader, and a camera; an information processor to extract VIN data from the image imported by the device; communication circuitry comprising signal transmitting and signal receiving capability, wherein the signal transmitting capability sends the VIN to a database external to the electronic device to lookup component information related to the VIN and the signal receiving capability receives information sent back to the electronic device in response to the lookup of component information; a memory in communication with the information processor; software and a password unique to the software that grants access to a restricted access database of component-related information of an identified component manufacturer embodied in the memory, the software comprising instructions to export the password through the communication circuity along with the VIN or the component information related to the VIN; wherein the information processor processes the information received by the signal receiving capability of the communication circuitry into a displayable form; and a display to display the information once in a displayable form; wherein the information received is from the restricted access database of component-related information from an identified component manufacturer.