Using iPhone as USB drive and/or USB sync options?

I'm afraid I know the answer to this already, but is there anyway to connect an iPhone by USB to mount it on the desktop? Or, options to allow software to sync between iPhone and Mac desktop version of apps by USB rather than requiring both to be on the same wifi netwok?

Actually, I think it does. However, it appears there is no way to access these files within the iPhone itself. So, my next question will be about any document/file reader for the iPhone that can access any folder on the iPhone itself rather than just the apps predefined folder (ie; AirSharing which is great, but requires wifi and only accesses it's own folder). Not sure if Apple prevents this due to the "sandboxing" of apps. Also, seems the application you mention actually creates it's folder within the media folder of the iPhone... that's not a "no no" per Apple? It's strange there is a way to create folders which can't be viewed by any app on the iPhone or folders by iPhone apps that can only be viewed by that application. Seems very disjointed compared to a desktop OSX drive... perhaps to be expected given that it's a young platform (the iPhone, that is). Any suggestions on a way to mount via USB, then view on the iPhone?

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