Protecting and Tracking iPhone from Thieves

Hi,
I just lost/got my iphone stolen from me. Before I sadly spend money on another one I'd like to know if there is any way to track an iphone by hardware? This question is for a new iphone I get, not to find my stolen one.
My main problem is not having something that depends on your sim card being in or your OS not being wiped since otherwise it can be pretty worthless in a lot of instances. I think that's how mobileme works right? You need to have you sim card in and your OS not wiped.
Thanks!

Protecting - Don't lose it or leave it around
Tracking - MobileMe will as you say, track a mobile if its on AND if you turn on FindMyPhone.
But you are also correct, it can be wiped and have the SIM changed and AT&T don't care as long as the thief takes out a subscriber plan. There is no other solution possible - you cannot stop an OS wipe and the thief can throw away your SIM card and use another.
No foolproof solutions other than not losing it or having it stolen.

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60920
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