Verizon over-the-air cellphone data backup service for $1.99: get on board!

We all know how tough it is to backup data on a cellphone, right? Verizon tackling that nagging problem of cellphone data backup by offering a new $1.99/month service that'll let you backup your cellphone contact data and automatically retrieve it using a new or replacement phone. if your current one gets lost or stolen. Handy if, say, you upgrade your phone to a new one and don't want to wear out your just-manicured fingers entering all the data back in, but you'll probably be most happy you spent the extra two bucks a month if your current phone gets lost or stolen. You just download the data from Verizon's servers,
and you're done. Or you can save yourself the $24 a year and figure out how to back up to your PC or Mac over IR or Bluetooth or USB.