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Today Rackspace announced the availability of Jungle Disk for the iPhone. I can now finally access all of my files backed up on Amazon S3 while on the go, pretty cool!

Unlike the desktop version, however, the iPhone app is only for accessing files already on your S3 account. You can delete files from your Jungle Disk, but the only adding you can do is photos taken with the camera. I was hoping for a desktop-like feature that would let me backup my iPhone over-the-air to S3, but I guess I’ll have to continue to rely on iTunes for that.

Now I need to re-evaluate my use of some overlapping apps on my iPhone, namely Dropbox and Air Sharing. I like using Dropbox to easily sync files across multiple devices, so I’ll probably keep that around. Air Sharing, though, I might not need anymore. Since I stopped carrying my 2gb USB thumb drive loaded with portable apps and my documents, I’ve found I haven’t been using them via Air Sharing that much (if at all!). So rather than waste that storage space on my iPhone carrying around stuff I’ll never use, I’ll probably clear out Air Sharing and just use Jungle Disk exclusively.