So you've lost probably the most important device in your repertoire: your beloved cell phone. What to do now? If you've signed up with YouGetItBack, you're one step closer to making sure your personal information is safe, and if you're really lucky, one step closer to getting it back unharmed.

YouGetItBack offers tags that can be used on any device prone to loss or theft that sports a unique ID that can be registered online, and therefore subsequently tracked whenever it's misplaced or lost. If you're lucky enough that someone finds it and that they're good-hearted enough to want to return it you, all they have to do is login, enter the tag's ID, and the system notifies the owner that his or her device has been found.

To take it a step further, YouGetItBack offers a new mobile application for select smartphones and BlackBerrys that will utilize the device's GPS and cell-tower signals to know the relative position of the device at all times. Stating the obvious, it makes it much easier to track a lost or stolen device than relying on the good nature of the person that finds it.

The tagging option offers a reward to anyone that reports the finding of a lost device, which equates to a $20 "gift pack" to YouGetItBack services, but users can offer their own rewards if they choose. Sounds more like a ploy to get more users to me. If I found and reported a lost device expecting a monetary reward, and was gifted a limited amount of free services, I would be a bit upset. Given, the reward is a courtesy and free of charge to the user, but it could make it more worthwhile for finders to report it.

That aside, the service is a unique concept, though not necessarily a new one, and could be useful for someone with loads of personal data stored on their smartphone, or someone who's prone to losing every mobile device they own. Now if you can just stand to slap a huge sticker on that brand new iPhone 3G.