9. A system for presenting information to a user, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform the operations of: receiving one or more ambiguous characters via a reduced-entry keypad of a wireless phone, the one or more ambiguous characters received as a sequence of numbers input through the reduced-entry keypad, each respective ambiguous character being a number that represents one of at least two disambiguated letters; exchanging at least one of the ambiguous characters with a host by transmitting the sequence of numbers to the host across a wireless network, exchanging the at least one of the ambiguous characters including exchanging the sequence of numbers upon receiving an amount of numbers in the sequence that meets an initial predetermined threshold amount of numbers, and exchanging subsequently received numbers, received as part of the sequence of numbers, after receiving an amount of the subsequently received numbers above a second predetermined threshold amount of numbers; receiving, from the host, results that represent disambiguated terms corresponding to the ambiguous characters exchanged with the host; rendering the results in a display of the wireless phone in a manner that enables identification of which of the disambiguated terms will be used upon a received selection of a displayed result; receiving, from the host, updated results that represent disambiguated terms corresponding to the subsequently received numbers exchanged with the host; rendering the updated results in the display of the wireless phone; and in response to receiving a selection of one of the disambiguated terms, displaying information corresponding to the selection.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the memory stores further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform the operations of: determining if an updated threshold of updated ambiguous characters has been received; exchanging the updated ambiguous characters upon receipt of the updated threshold of ambiguous characters; receiving updated results from the host; and rendering the updated results.