Originally Posted by qbngator:
What would be the advantage of downloading an additional program on the computer that will sync files versus simply plugging in as USB drive, copying/pasting files from Palm Pre into a designated folder in your pc?
None, if you are only going one way (from your Pre to the computer). The OP was using it as a two way sync, so he could drop files into the computer-based folder as he found them, then they would sync to the Pre later.