1. A method for replicating a user profile and enabling remote services on an internet coupled device (ICD), the method comprising: providing, on a handheld computing device, a first application program which manages a plurality of data files and plurality of credentials associated with a user of the handheld computing device; receiving, at the handheld computing device, authorization from the user to establish a secure short range wireless personal area network session between the handheld computing device and an ICD; establishing, in response to the authorization, a secure short range wireless personal area network session between the handheld computing device and the ICD; transmitting, to a second application program on the ICD, credentials for accessing a plurality of services via remote servers, the second application program having at least one module in common with the first application program; transmitting, to the second application program on the ICD, a plurality of data files not related to credentials which define a plurality of preferences uniquely associated with the user, said data files being associated with a plurality of different application programs; transmitting, to each of the plurality of remote servers on a communication channel independent of the personal area network, a request to authorize the ICD to access the account of the user; periodically transmitting, to each of the ICD and the remote servers, a request to maintain the authorization for the personal area network or a request to maintain the ICD's access to the account of the user; and transmitting, in response to a user command, a command to terminate the session.