8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: collecting search results that are responsive to the textual query by accessing an index of documents in a search engine system; and transmitting the collected search results for use by the mobile computing device.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the collected search results and the textual query are formatted for transmission so as to cause the mobile computing device to automatically display, in a concurrent view, the collected search results and the textual query.