Stolen laptop - Same old iPhone

Hi Guys,
I had my laptop stolen - How would I go about getting my info from my phone to the new laptop?  I obviously don't want to lose any pictures/music, most importantly it's the SMS I want to save (and export...)
How would I go about doing this?  Any help much appreciated

moopher,
It will see it as the first time you have synced with that computer and ask you if you want to merge the data on the computer with that on the iPhone, or if you want to have either the computer or the iPhone replace the other's information.
You can also tell it to sync that way by reseting Sync History.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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