Abstract: Providing electronic mail (e-mail) to an electronic device includes receiving a text message from the electronic device, retrieving e-mail from one or more e-mail accounts in response to the text message, generating a hyperlink to the e-mail and sending the hyperlink to the electronic device. The electronic device may be a cell phone.

Abstract: Searching a database using an electronic device includes receiving a first text message from the electronic device, providing a first search query to the electronic device in response to the first text message, where first search query is incomplete, receiving a second text message from the electronic device, where the second text message includes a second search query, and where the second search query includes a completed version of the first search query, using the second search query to obtain a search of the database, and providing results of the search to the electronic device.