Thanks for your reply...
You said: Further, iPhones are never intended to serve as music repositories. The only music that can ever be transferred from an iPhone is music purchased in the iTunes Store.
This is not entirely true... Iphones ARE meant to be repositories. This is one of the main reasons for very large gig phones. So you can store tons of music & video. Your own CDs, personal recordings and Itunes store purchases.
I have a power Mac (tower) . This is not a mobile device for coffee shops.
I make a record music for a living. My problem is this. When I do a mix on my power mac I want to be able to send it out to friends & clients but i don;t have internet. And so I can hard wire transfer to my Iphone but then, can't send it from there. Also, the only communication you mac has with your Iphone is ITunes or Photo's. I wish it was a less proprietary system. I'd like to be able to access my entire Iphone from My mac.....