Cable File Transfer??

Hi, new member here, and new to all things Apple so please be patient.
I have my iPhone 3Gs syncing with my MacBook and understand all that and it's working well but my question is on how to transfer office documents (spreadsheets, letters etc.) via a cable. I would have expected my iPhone to show up on the MacBook in the Finder pane as a device and to then drag and drop the files to the device. This does not happen and unless I have missed something, there seems to be no option to do this through iTunes.
The only other option is to email the documents to my iPhone, but this is unsatisfactory in the event of large files.
Is there a way of commuting fies to my iPhone from the MacBook via a cable?
any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
Cheers......Brian

The iPhone does not support desktop mass storage mode, as you discovered.
You will need an app or apps to handle the files you want. There are office-like apps available in iTunes that can open spreadsheets and word docs and even powerpoint files, but they will handle the file transfer themselves.
e.g. Docstogo, which uses a deskotop companion app (free with the purchase of the iPhone app) to sync desktop folders and Docstogo iPhone internal folders via wifi
e.g. QuickOffice, which uses a local intranet wifi server conntection to transfer files to and from the app (the app runs a micro-server that allows you to log onto it via a web page on you computer over a local intranet address and port).
There are lots of notes apps (some free, some paid) that will sync documents over various online services, such as google docs, mobileme (examples include the excellent Awesome Notes, and there are many others - fliq notes, notebooks, Evernote,...).

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First of all, it doesn't matter if you choose the option of "PC Suite" or "Media". It works both way when all you want to do is to transfer music. I personally wouldn't choose "Media". Somehow for my N97, my Messenging will switch back from mass memory to phone memory and it is really annoying. At times when I choose "Media", my computer says that the USB is connected in non-compatible mode etc.
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