How to access iPhone/iPod Touch from Ubuntu

[falava]

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-connect-iphoneipod-touch-using-usbin-karmicjauntyintrepidhardy.html

[jackchristopher]

A few people are still having problems. But it worked on my iPhone 3G first gen. Thanks Matt Colyer and devs.

From the dev site:

the iPhone uses a proprietary database format to store song information and playlists, simply copying extra music to the iPhone's filesystem without updating this database will not work. `libgpod (svn)` and `gtkpod` can be used to update and re-sign the song database and make new music show up on players using firmware versions up to 1.3.

http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/index.php?titl...

[nailer]

I did this for two years, got tired of it breaking on each firmware update, and bought an HTC Hero.

How to access an Android device from Ubuntu:

1. Plug it in.

[falava → nailer]

Yeah, I went the other route and bought a Mac mini, also for iPhone development. The Apple user conversion plan works great:

iPod -> iPhone -> Mac mini or Macbook