Over a six-month period in 2006, Pointsec found that 8,701 mobile devices were left behind in taxis in the Washington-Baltimore area and 3,106 were left in cabs in the San Francisco-Oakland area. – New York Times April 3, 2007

In 2005, more than 85,000 phones, 21,000 PDAs and Pocket PCs were lost in Chicago taxis. Passengers even left about 4,500 notebooks behind.- PCWORLD February 17, 2005

Disneyland collects about 300 cell phones a week, along with various personal digital assistants and iPods. - USA TODAY June, 16, 2005

"Londoners are reported to have left behind in licensed cabs, a jaw-dropping 4,973 laptops, 5,939 Pocket PCs (up 350% since 2001), and a whopping 63,135 mobile phones."
- LAPTOPICAL February 6, 2005