1. A method comprising: receiving, at a portable apparatus, text input as search text from a user of said portable apparatus; searching for content items of at least one content type matching said search text, resulting in a list containing zero or more matching content items; directing presentment of said list of matching content items on a display of said portable apparatus, when said list of matching content items contains at least a threshold number of content items; directing presentment of at least one option to search at least one of at least two databases available over a network using said search text on said display, when said list of matching content items comprises less than said threshold number of content items; and based on selection of the at least one option, searching the at least one of the at least two databases associated with the at least one option using search information in addition to said search text, wherein the search information is related to a type of data stored in the at least one of the at least two databases associated with the at least one option; wherein said receiving text input, searching for content items, directing presentment of said list and directing presentment of at least one option to search a database are repeated until either an item of said list of matching content items is selected or an option of said at least one option is selected.
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a portable apparatus, text input as search text from a user of said portable apparatus; searching for content items of at least one content type matching said search text, resulting in a list containing zero or more matching content items; directing presentment of said list of matching content items on a display of said portable apparatus, when said list of matching content items contains at least a threshold number of content items; directing presentment of at least one option to search at least one of at least two databases available over a network using said search text on said display, when said list of matching content items comprises less than said threshold number of content items; and based on selection of the at least one option, searching the at least one of the at least two databases associated with the at least one option using search information in addition to said search text, wherein the search information is related to a type of data stored in the at least one of the at least two databases associated with the at least one option; wherein said receiving text input, searching for content items, directing presentment of said list and directing presentment of at least one option to search a database are repeated until either an item of said list of matching content items is selected or an option of said at least one option is selected. 6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: providing, in response to user selection of one of said at least one option, location information of said portable apparatus as search criteria to a database associated with said selected option.