Get ready for an onslaught of iPhone music devices now that Apple has opened up software development.  Chances are we can look forward to many more iPhone music apps in the near future.

"Beatmaker" by Intua is another one of those grown man toys that sample crazy technophiles won’t be able to resist.

Features include:

• 6 triggerable pads with polyphonic control
• Automatic sample slicing on multiple pads
• Edit pads individually
• Duration and tonal controls
• Reverse
• Gain
• Output selection (Dry, FX Bus1, FX Bus 2)
• Graphical sample bounds editor
• Instant muting
• Sample accurate Sequencer
• Pattern step sequencer
• Step velocity editor per pattern
• Song pattern sequencer
• On the fly live editing
• 2 FX Busses, each rack containing
• 3 Band EQ
• Synchronized Delay
• Bit Crusher

With today’s announcement by Apple of the 3G iPhone and its significant price drop, I get the feeling that I won’t be the only one camped outside of an AT&T store for its release on July 11th.