Hello All:

Woe is me!

My iPhone (AT&T) was last seen/used on the Airport Express in HKG. Then Poof! I realized it was gone before I left the station, but the train was gone to and Lost and Found has been of no help. Let me provide some details and maybe the ensuing discussion could provide some help for the community in general.

Let's not even mention MobileMe other than to say that I wish I had it! I didn't but am considering it among my options for the future.

Now just to complicate things a bit personal use of my iPhone is not allowed. So depending on how you look at it, I guess I'm lucky to have one iPhone left in my possession.

ON BOTH Phones, My calendars, contacts, and mail all sync to google/google apps. As far as I can tell, no data has been "Lost". Only privacy has been lost.

I immediately disabled my SIM with a call to AT&T.
The passcode lock feature was not enabled on the lost handset.
I immediately changed my google passwords which I suppose eliminates further syncing.

I'm not an app freak and I rarely ask the iPhone to remember passwords.
I see my exposure here to be minimal. Auto-Login Sling, Twitter, BeeJive, Skype.I've updated my skype password. Haven't gotten around to the other yet. Will do this week.

Another interesting bit of news is that when I plugged in my business iPhone which syncs to the same iTunes account. I received a message that the computer I was on was no longer authorized. Would this have anything to do with something that the individual in possession of my other phone would have done? The videos that were to be removed were purchased on the other handset.

I suppose MobileMe is a solution for the future. Other apps/options seem to needs a jailbreak. Am I missing something here?

It's not about the money I'll need to drop on the new 32GB 3GS or missing data/songs/etc. I'm resigned to that. The question is more what to do differently both in terms of setup and in event of disaster.

Thanks for your input. I appreciate it.

Scho