Comment 4 for bug 565635

For non-developers, a separately packaged adb would also be of interest. Since UMS mount is not supported for many ICS devices, and mtp has troubles of its own, adb often is the best way to copy files between device and computer.

I am successfully using a standalone adb downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/texasice-cream-sandwich-mirror/downloads/detail?name=adb_fastboot.zip&can=2&q= so

Googling for adbfs also turns up several hits. I hope something like that will eventually make its way into Ubuntu.