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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I'd be happy if I could use the included cable and mount it as a removable drive on my PC like every other device I have. But NOOOOOOOOOO...
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Actually you can. But most people just don't realize it. Apple tries to hide that little known fact.
Next time you're in that situation, download this:
http://code.google.com/p/iphonebrowser/wiki/Usage
That's a nifty little Windows app called iPhoneBrowser. It allows you to mount any iOS device, not just iPhone, and access it directly with a file browser. Over USB cable, no internet required. Your device does not have to be jailbroken for this. If it's not jailbroken, you'll only have access to a sandboxed "Home Folder", which is actually the /private/var/mobile/Library/Documents folder. That's the same folder that Goodreader has access to. You'll have full read/write control to access any type of file you want to put there. If your device is jailbroken, you'll have access to the entire filesystem. Which is another nice reason to jailbreak.
If the device is jailbroken, there are lots of other methods to directly access the filesystem as well.