26. A mobile device, comprising: means for receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; a storage device configured to store a set of content objects; means for identifying a set of names associated with the set of content objects stored in the storage device responsive to the means for activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and means for repeatedly receiving the indication of activation for subsequent character positions, means for identifying, and means for displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent indications of activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the means for displaying displays only the one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names.
26. A mobile device, comprising: means for receiving an indication of activation of one of a plurality of search switches having associated therewith a subset of characters; a storage device configured to store a set of content objects; means for identifying a set of names associated with the set of content objects stored in the storage device responsive to the means for activating the one of the plurality of search switches, the set of names including one or more names each having in a first character position one or more characters in the subset of characters; responsive to the set of names including only one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying the one name; responsive to the set of names including more than the one name having in the first character position the one or more characters in the subset of characters, means for displaying in a first display position at least one place holder character associated with the one or more characters in the subset of characters included in the set of names; and means for repeatedly receiving the indication of activation for subsequent character positions, means for identifying, and means for displaying in subsequent display positions further ones of the at least one place holder character for subsequent indications of activations of any of the plurality of search switches until the means for displaying displays only the one name; wherein the at least one place holder character represents plural names and a count of unresolved characters in the set of names. 27. The mobile device of claim 26 further comprising: means for transmitting the indication of activation of the one of the plurality of search switches from a remote player including the plurality of search switches coupled to the storage device through a network; means for transmitting the set of names from the storage device to the remote player; means for indicating the activation of a control switch to select a displayed name on the remote player; and means for transmitting a content object corresponding to the selected displayed name from the storage device to the remote player responsive to receiving an indication of the activating of the control switch.