1. A method of searching for Personal Information Management information of a handheld electronic device, comprising: accepting input of at least one search criteria; accepting input of a representation of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device including Personal Information Management information to be searched; accepting input to select at least two of the plurality of components; conducting a search of the components based upon the at least one search criteria and the selected at least two of the plurality of components; determining at least one search result from the search; displaying the at least one search result; employing as the components a plurality of different applications; employing as the at least one search result a plurality of search results; displaying the search results on a search results screen; displaying each of the search results including a plurality of alpha or alphanumeric characters; for each item of the search results associated with a different application, displaying and providing for each item at least one user interaction available from the different application, and performing one of the at least one user interaction directly from the search results displayed, without opening the different application, the at least one user interaction being selected from a group including directly editing the item, directly forwarding a message, replying to a message, directly e-mailing an e-mail address and directly calling a phone number.
1. A method of searching for Personal Information Management information of a handheld electronic device, comprising: accepting input of at least one search criteria; accepting input of a representation of a plurality of components of the handheld electronic device including Personal Information Management information to be searched; accepting input to select at least two of the plurality of components; conducting a search of the components based upon the at least one search criteria and the selected at least two of the plurality of components; determining at least one search result from the search; displaying the at least one search result; employing as the components a plurality of different applications; employing as the at least one search result a plurality of search results; displaying the search results on a search results screen; displaying each of the search results including a plurality of alpha or alphanumeric characters; for each item of the search results associated with a different application, displaying and providing for each item at least one user interaction available from the different application, and performing one of the at least one user interaction directly from the search results displayed, without opening the different application, the at least one user interaction being selected from a group including directly editing the item, directly forwarding a message, replying to a message, directly e-mailing an e-mail address and directly calling a phone number. 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising employing as the at least one search criteria a text search criteria and a name search criteria; employing as the plurality of different applications at least a first application including a number of first items having a number of text fields and a number of name fields, and a second different application including a number of second items having a number of text fields and a number of name fields; matching the text search criteria against the text fields of the first and second items; and matching the name search criteria against the name fields of the first and second items.