4. The content navigation method of claim 1 further comprising activating a selection switch to select one of the plurality of search categories, wherein each of the plurality of search categories is associated with a corresponding number of activations of the selection switch.
1. A content navigation method on a mobile device including a control switch, a selection switch, and a plurality of search switches, the method comprising: entering a pattern search mode by receiving an indication of activation of the selection switch; indicating a search pattern by receiving an indication of activation of at least one search switch once, wherein the search pattern includes a subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch and wherein other subsets of characters are associated with other corresponding search switches; identifying a set of names corresponding to a set of content objects stored in a storage device responsive to the search pattern, the set of names including one or more names each including in a first character position the subset of characters associated with the at least one search switch; responsive to the set of names including only one name with the search pattern, displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name with the search pattern, displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with at least one of the subset of characters included in the set of names; and repeating the entering, indicating, identifying for subsequent character positions, and displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder for subsequent search patterns until the set of names includes only the one name; wherein the at least one place holder character is associated with the more than one name and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names.