My iPhone 3G does not show up in Rhythmbox

Type this link on Firefox and press ENTER :

apt:/gtkpod

apt:/gpixpod

apt:/hipo

you can find more :
juancarlospaco@ibex:~$ sudo apt-cache search ipod
banshee - Media Management and Playback application
exaile - flexible audio player, similar to Amarok, but written in GTK+
gnupod-tools - command-line tools for the iPod family of portable music players
gpixpod - Organize photos on your iPod, freely!
ical2sqlite - iPod Touch & iPhone Calendar syncing utility
ipod - tool for retrieving informations from iPods
ipod-convenience - iPod Touch & iPhone sync setup
kipi-plugins - image manipulation/handling plugins for KIPI aware programs
libipod-cil - CLI library for accessing iPods
libipoddevice-dev - library for retrieving informations from iPods
libipoddevice0 - library for retrieving informations from iPods
libipodui-cil - CLI library for accessing iPods (GUI helpers)
monodoc-banshee-manual - Media Management and Playback application (developer documentation)
monodoc-ipod-manual - compiled XML documentation for ipod-sharp
mythexport - Export MythTV recording to portable media players
podsleuth - Tool to discover detailed information about Apple iPods
tripod - iPod photo uploader
amarok - reproductor de sonido versátil y fácil de usar para KDE
libgpod-common - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
libgpod-dev - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
libgpod-nogtk-dev - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
libgpod3 - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
libgpod3-nogtk - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
python-gpod - una biblioteca para leer y escribir canciones y trabajos artísticos en iPod
rhythmbox - reproductor y organizador de música para GNOME
rhythmbox-dbg - Símbolos de depuración de rhythmbox
evolution-plugins-experimental - experimental plugins for Evolution
gpodder - Un agregador de medios y almacenador de Podcast hecho en GTK+
gtkpod - gestione canciones y listas de reproducción en un iPod de Apple
hipo - Herramienta de gestión para el iPod
hpodder - Herramienta para escanear y descargar podcasts (obtenedor de podcasts)
ipodslave - kio-slave for ipods
ipodslave-dev - Archivos de desarrollo para ipodslave kio-slave
gtkpod-aac - gestione canciones y listas de reproducción en un iPod de Apple

Just search a focused tool for Ipod on Add/Remove.

Dear Juan Carlos,
I am really sorry, but I do not understand your answer. If I try to follow the links my screen in Firefox stays empty.

I was a bit to fast, when I copy your links to Firefox modules are automatically opened in Rhythmbox. I installed those that were not already installed, but Rhythmbox still not see my iPhone 3G.

i think you need to jailbreak your iphone before you can use it in linux.

If my iPhone would be my own and not my company phone I would consider using Jailbreak. But in this case I do not want to do that. I was wondering whether the wiz kids that made Rhythmbox could help me. Rhythmbox work great with the iPod, so why should it not be able to work with an iPhone?

There is a sense in which an iPod is like an external hard drive and an iPhone is like a small laptop. Thinking in these terms, it would be very easy to get information on and off an iPod, because all it does is store information (mp3s, etc). An iPhone is more complicated as it has access control, a more fully featured operating system, etc..

Free Software developers are very clever, so I wouldn't be too surprised if they were eventually able to get iPhones working with Rhythmbox, but I wouldn't hold your breath. It seems like a much more complicated problem than access to an iPod.

BTW: My iPhone is jailbreaked