Can you access a network hard drive on an iphone 5?

Hi,
Is it possible to access a networked hard drive that is connected to a bt home hub 3 from my iphone and ipod touch?
kind Regards
inpt_gadget

Not directly, but there are ways to connect to a shared data store in the App Store. See dropbox, for example.

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