Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, has announced that Beaterator will be coming to iPhone and iPod touch this fall.

Developed by Rockstar Leeds, Beaterator is a portable music-making application that allows people of all musical backgrounds and ability to create beats and songs. The game is being developed by Rockstar Leeds, which developed Grand Theft Auto titles on portable consoles. The game is co-produced by music producer Timbaland.

Previously announced for the PlayStation Portable system, Beaterator features loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar.

MySpace has announced an agreement to acquire iLike, a social music discovery service.

Brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi founded iLike in 2006.

The entire iLike team will stay intact including, CEO Ali Partovi, President Hadi Partovi and CTO Nat Brown.

MySpace noted that all three are seasoned entrepreneurs who havrve held executive positions at both start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. Prior to iLike, Ali Partovi founded and sold LinkExchange to Microsoft and Hadi Partovi independently co-founded and sold TellMe Networks, also to Microsoft.

Hadi Partovi also incubated Start.com (now Live.com). Brown has a history as an early architect at Microsoft, and he was involved in the creation the first Xbox, .NET/CLR, and ActiveX/COM/OLE.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not released.

Apple has previewed its iPhone OS 3.0 software and announced the immediate availability of a beta software release to registered developers.

The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with over 1,000 new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) including In-App Purchases; Peer-to-Peer connections; an app interface for accessories; access to the iPod music library; a new Maps API and Push Notifications.

Apple also announced over 100 new features that will be available to iPhone and iPod touch users this summer including cut, copy and paste; MMS (available only on iPhone 3G; fees may apply); landscape view for Mail, Text and Notes; stereo Bluetooth; syncing Notes to the Mac and PC; shake to shuffle; parental controls for TV shows, movies and apps from the App Store; and automatic login at Wi-fi hot spots.

The iPhone OS 3.0 beta release will also include a new Voice Memo app and expanded search capability for all key iPhone apps, as well as Spotlight search across the iPhone or iPod touch.

Nokia has announced that the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available in the United States.

The latest in Nokia’s XpressMusic range, the 5800 XpressMusic delivers a music device with a touch screen interface to the mass market.

The phone offers the music essentials including a graphic equaliser, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for the main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. The phone also has built-in surround sound stereo speakers.

Touch-screen technology has been used to enable easy access to music, video and photos through a one-touch ‘Media Bar’ drop down menu. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the Web and to online sharing.

Among noteworthy features is a ‘Contacts Bar’ that lets people highlight four favorite contacts on their home-screen and, through a single touch, track a digital history of recent text messages, e-mails, phone logs, photos and blog updates.

The phone boasts of a 3.2″ widescreen display with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording. The company said the device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens. With a touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Ovi Share, Flickr, or Facebook.

Alpha Networks, a player in the networking ODM/OEM industry, has announced plans to display its high definition media player, the ADM-555H, at 2009 CeBIT.

The company informed that the ADM-555H supports HDMI up to 1080p resolution and multimedia formats to enjoy HD content.

The ADM-555H is a plug-and-play device that enables users to play videos, pictures, and music stored in HDD drives and USB flash drives on a TV.

Among the video formats that the ADM-555H supports include MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, AVC HD, Avi, DivX, Xvid, MKV, WMV9, VC-1, VOB/ISO/IFO, ASF, MOV, and DAT.