I'm one of the lucky (or possibly crazy) people that managed to get an iPhone yesterday. If you're curious, I'm very happy with it so far. I'm not an Apple nut that buys all things Apple, but after years of "smartphones" that never seemed quite right, the iPhone really seems to have hit the mark. My biggest worry was that it used Edge rather than 3G. While at some points this is noticeable, the caching and windowing mechanisms really make up for the difference. On the whole it's the best smartphone experience I've had. But you can read all the reviews in a more appropriate forum...
<br><br>I'm really interested in hacking up my iPhone. Anything with a *nix OS underneath is just too tempting to leave alone. Unfortunately Apple threw a curve ball that's outside my skill set. The iPhone doesn't mount as a harddrive. I couldn't find any options in iTunes and in linux I only got:
<br clear="all"><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 15<br>Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: Product: iPhone<br>Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
<br>Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: SerialNumber: XYZ123456789<br>Jun 30 21:25:42 lothlorien kernel: usb 1-4: configuration #1 chosen from 3 choices<br></div><br>USB device drivers aren't my thing. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get the thing mounted or to go about figuring out how to do so?
<br><br>Thanks for any help.<br><br>-- <br>Matthew Wollenweber<br><a href="mailto:mwollenweber@gmail.com">mwollenweber@gmail.com</a> | <a href="mailto:mjw@cyberwart.com">mjw@cyberwart.com</a><br><a href="http://www.cyberwart.com">
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