> What I'm saying is when people use the phone search
> they are trying to search the phone part of the
> device (SMS, email, etc...).
> That in mind I see Apple's point here as being
> "we think developers will abuse search if they
> are allowed in and we don't think users want that
> so we're keeping them out"
This is a straw man. Apple can weight the search so that search hits in the more important apps are always at the top of the results.
