What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?

These days mobile phones do a lot more than simply make telephone calls.

Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).

I haven’t got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.

I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously facing the task of rebuilding his entire phonebook from scratch as his phone was stolen. I don’t envy him!

So what are the options for people?

Are there any sane online backup solutions that people can use?

I know there was one Irish company trying to do something in this area, but they stopped answering my emails when I queried the veracity of their claims (which I would do when it comes to storing important data – wouldn’t you?)

Has anyone used an online service for this and if so who?