How exactly does "remote wipe" via Mobile Me work?

In a moment of curiosity I decided to enjoy the new features of Mobile Me for the iPhone's 3.0 software. I tried the locate phone function, worked great. I then decided to try the remote wipe functionality of the website. I had the phone right in front of me, so I figured I'd see how it worked.
I initiated the process (with my phone sitting on my desk in front of me) and the phone within an instance turned off and went to the Apple logo. It stayed on the Apple logo for a few seconds and then turned off. At which point I received an email stating that the remote wipe process had been initiated at 4:23pm (PST) yesterday.
Unsure how long the process took I let the phone sit for 4 hours. I went to turn it on, same thing: Apple logo for 10 seconds and the phone turned off. I figured it was low on battery (despite having a full charge prior to the remote wipe) so I docked it while plugged into my machine. (Apple logo for 10 seconds and the phone turned off)
Fast forward to 10:23am PST this morning (18 hours later) and I'm still dealing with the same thing.
Anyone else try the remote wipe feature? Have any success? I'm inclined to believe that the phone isn't going to wake up at this point. But I was curious if anyone else shared in my curiosity.

Use these instructions and you're phone will be back in service asap:
1. Wake your iphone up so you see the apple logo
2. Hold down the power button (the one on top) and the home button until the screen goes black.
3. This turns the phone off, don't keep holding the button or the phone will restart
4. Now that the phone is off, press and hold the home button
5. While holding the home button connect your phone back to your computer, continue to hold the home button until itunes says it has found a phone that needs to be restored.
6. restore phone
Basically your just turning the phone off and putting it in force recovery mode

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