Alternate to iTunes "PwnTunes" Is Here

If you haven't jailbroken your idevice just yet here's another reason why you should.

Meet PwnTunes, it enables "real" raw USB disk access, thumbdrive style. In the root of the now-accessible disk, a drop folder is created for dropping music you'd like to import. PwnTunes also adds itself as a plugin to the native iPhone Music Player app, and upon launch, syncs music from your drop folder directly into your iPhone music library.

In addition PwnTunes allows adding any file type to the device since raw access is enabled to it directly using no special software, very much like a thumb drive. On top of that, they've added the ability to copy normal iTunes-synced songs off the phone, via raw-access mode. They've even made the filenames eye catching via ID3 tags instead of the normal ABCD.mp3 convention as well. A well thought out application.

MAC users will have to wait till the software compatibilities are worked out.

"Sadly due to Apple's restrictive implementation of the Picture Transfer Protocol (iPhoto) currently PwnTunes does not work on a Mac without extra software."

XP users there is one easy-to-overcome hiccup, which is driver-related. XP drivers do not allow writing to the iPhone device without a tweak, but the developer has conveniently added this tweak to the read-only section of your new iPhone USB Disk, so you can install the fix immediately. (See image below)

PwnTunes is available now for download in the Cydia store (via the BigBoss repo) and directly on PwnTunes.net